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I mentioned it as Biden's plan because that is the referent of who proposed the plan, not out of some opposition to Biden. [0] It is truly easiest to reference
by whimsicalism 2y ago
I mentioned it as Biden's plan because that is the referent of who proposed the plan, not out of some opposition to Biden. [0] It is truly easiest to reference policies by who proposed them.
> If that part was changed to any other name, would it still be a problem?
I would ask the same of you. Frankly, I don't think I would have gotten a reply like this and downvoted if it hadn't been mentioning the president on an election year.
[0]: https://x.com/POTUS/status/1789052799130509325?lang=en https://x.com/POTUS/status/1789052799130509325?lang=en
- ethbr1 2y ago> It is truly easiest to reference policies by who proposed them. But for everyone bathed in the constant nuclear radiation of "{name}'s policy!!", it's going to remind people of the last time they saw a partisan clickbait mass media headline. If you want to engage people's curiosity, probably better to reference nameless policies around elections. Tldr - political news sucks, avoid anything that resembles it
- whimsicalism 2y ago> If you want to engage people's curiosity, probably better to reference nameless policies around elections. I pretty much exclusively use HN as a refuge from that style of conversation. I'm sorry that so many people's brains are poisoned by political news or whatever, but I'm not really going to change what I find is a useful way of referring to things just to accommodate them. FWIW I am certainly going to vote for Biden, for all the good that it will do in California.
- ethbr1 2y agoI'm not saying the response is reasonable. I'm saying it is. So either optimize for reality or stick to your principles.