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>since most of HN seems to be liberals... I tend to believe that the majority of hackers in this community are above the shenanigans of partisan politics. Wit
by wallawe 14y ago
>since most of HN seems to be liberals...
I tend to believe that the majority of hackers in this community are above the shenanigans of partisan politics.
With that said, great perspective above.
- nirvana 14y agoI hope you're right and I was meaning to find common ground with the perceived majority to avoid the personal attacks I've gotten in the past (it didn't work, see the top voted response to me.) I apologize to any non-liberals who feel the characterization was unfair. But also, please recognize that I said "liberal" not "democrat", the former being a broad ideology while the latter being a specific party. If there is a better term to have been used there, I'm happy to learn it and use it in the future.
- maxerickson 14y agoYou could just leave the label off. "Many crimes that much of HN disagrees with". You could even say "that I believe much of HN disagrees with".
- chc 14y agoThen you must not read HN very much. Political stories are constantly making their way to the front page, and the responses tend to be fairly predictable.
- wallawe 14y agoI'm on here everyday. One's opinion can be predictable without being partisan, i.e. Republican or Democrat.
- chc 14y agoI'm not sure I see how. If your opinions are not guided slavish adherence to an ideology, I shouldn't be able to guess what you'll say about a story just by reading the headline and noting what major ideological groups it's likely to piss off.
- Natsu 14y agoPredictable does not imply partisan (though partisan likely does imply predictable). By way of example, I predict that all of us will say that rape is wrong. Which ideology is that "slavish adherence" to?