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Got it. A few reddit comments are representative of a country of 350 million people.

lnxg33k1 3y ago
Then who are these Americans? For sure, to be the kind of people who support sanctions on people in other country to motivate them to raise against their oppressors you look to suck big time in doing something against your oppressors who are apparently not representative of the people of the US of A. For how long we're working on forced tips? Police brutality? Public healthcare? Gun controls? Redistribution of wealth? To me it seems that there are a lot of things that americans don't want but are all there right now undisturbed regardless of the party in power that I think maybe the population of the US of A is just the plain shit we all see and have to deal with on daily basis (I wouldn't have anything against US of A if its policies wouldn't metastasizes to the rest of the western world or wouldn't be used to oppress people in non-western world)
- pc86 3y ago
  This comment reads like MCMC-generated text where the prompt is off just a bit.
- serf 3y ago
  throwing away your other points : there are a lot of factions to consider when thinking about why an internet post is or isn't a good indicator of a general consensus. There are companies that exist only to advocate certain talking points across the span of the internet; that's their entire reason for existence. Police unions buy their services, protesting groups buy their services, political parties buy their services, gun rights and gun control advocates both buy their services alike. Their entire job is to posit certain points as loudly as they can on publicly visible medias, and cheerlead for 'their team' on certain talking points and defenses. A popular public forum/chat/socialmediasite discussing loaded political topics will never be an indicator of the public at large because too much incentive exists for propagandists from every angle to game the system at such opportunities. Those voices with more money/backing/support will always drown out the true signal. Thusly these samples that you're basing your entire take on a country filled with people are inherently flawed. Believe it or not.
stavros 3y ago
A few reddit comments and the fact that there aren't widespread protests whenever this happens.
- sojournerc 3y ago
  Seems to me that the story is getting wide-spread attention and outcry. Just because people aren't in the streets doesn't mean they don't care. Repercussions are sought in the legal system, not with placards on a sidewalk. https://www.wilx.com/2023/08/14/central-kansas-police-force-comes-under-constitutional-criticism-after-raiding-newspaper/ https://www.wilx.com/2023/08/14/central-kansas-police-force-...

Then who are these Americans? For sure, to be the kind of people who support sanctions on people in other country to motivate them to raise against their oppressors you look to suck big time in doing something against your oppressors who are apparently not representative of the people of the US of A. For how long we're working on forced tips? Police brutality? Public healthcare? Gun controls? Redistribution of wealth? To me it seems that there are a lot of things that americans don't want but are all there right now undisturbed regardless of the party in power that I think maybe the population of the US of A is just the plain shit we all see and have to deal with on daily basis (I wouldn't have anything against US of A if its policies wouldn't metastasizes to the rest of the western world or wouldn't be used to oppress people in non-western world)

pc86 3y ago
This comment reads like MCMC-generated text where the prompt is off just a bit.
serf 3y ago
throwing away your other points : there are a lot of factions to consider when thinking about why an internet post is or isn't a good indicator of a general consensus. There are companies that exist only to advocate certain talking points across the span of the internet; that's their entire reason for existence. Police unions buy their services, protesting groups buy their services, political parties buy their services, gun rights and gun control advocates both buy their services alike. Their entire job is to posit certain points as loudly as they can on publicly visible medias, and cheerlead for 'their team' on certain talking points and defenses. A popular public forum/chat/socialmediasite discussing loaded political topics will never be an indicator of the public at large because too much incentive exists for propagandists from every angle to game the system at such opportunities. Those voices with more money/backing/support will always drown out the true signal. Thusly these samples that you're basing your entire take on a country filled with people are inherently flawed. Believe it or not.

stavros 3y ago

A few reddit comments and the fact that there aren't widespread protests whenever this happens.

sojournerc 3y ago
Seems to me that the story is getting wide-spread attention and outcry. Just because people aren't in the streets doesn't mean they don't care. Repercussions are sought in the legal system, not with placards on a sidewalk. https://www.wilx.com/2023/08/14/central-kansas-police-force-comes-under-constitutional-criticism-after-raiding-newspaper/ https://www.wilx.com/2023/08/14/central-kansas-police-force-...