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This year has been a rough start for HN. The political commentary is infecting every thread.
by aliasxneo 2y ago
This year has been a rough start for HN. The political commentary is infecting every thread.
- foobarchu 2y agoThat's because it's an extremely big deal and affects many things discussed here.
- llm_trw 2y agoIt's because people now treat parties like they used to treat football teams.
- mindslight 2y agoIf you mean avoiding the Party so you don't get beat up for being different, then the analogy checks out.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoI don't care if Jesus himself froze the CDC. It was an o srly hasty action at best and it will unnecessarily cost some lives.
- foobarchu 2y agoThis goes way past teams bud. If you don't realize the kind of existential threat trump is posing to millions of people, you haven't paid attention to a single thing he's done since taking office.
- ty6853 2y agoAs the federal government expands the stakes get ever higher. What could be overlooked before now becomes fierce debate.
- stouset 2y agoIt’s almost as if politics impacts many things in the world around us.
- bayarearefugee 2y agoI would argue that being rabidly apolitical while a dangerous threat to western democracy has been growing in America for years is the rough part. I'm an old person. I have a leftist bent. I used to get along with many conservatives, I just had different policy viewpoints than they did. What we are seeing now is a completely different political landscape where one of the parties is actively setting up a dynastic plutocracy in the open. FWIW I have a ton of criticism for the "other" party too as an ineffective mess sucking the corporate teet almost as hard, just without the actual proto fascism.
- aliasxneo 2y ago> I would argue that being rabidly apolitical while a dangerous threat to western democracy has been growing in America for years is the rough part. Some of us are just here as technology professionals looking to learn and keep current on the latest trends. There's nothing wrong with that.
- _DeadFred_ 2y agoSome yes, but maybe not you? Because you used the following language yesterday: "Only a few short months ago, I was under constant attack from various public members of the Democratic party for being a white male with center-right views. The vitriol was quite unhinged, really." when asked for specifics you went to '...on CNN for example'.
- aliasxneo 2y agoDo I engage in politics on HN occasionally? Yes. Is it my primary motivation? No. I don't open up HN with the intention of having rigorous political discussions, even though I sometimes fall into them. My comment history, which it seems you only partially perused, demonstrates this to be true. Especially if you go back a year ago before things became politically charged around here. I also don't see what relevance my example has to this conversation. It sounds like you're trying to corner me into a specific label (Republican, maybe?). I guess thanks for proving my point about discussions around here?
- windexh8er 2y agoMaybe the political climate is impacting a higher number of topical points that are being discussed on HN. When governments are changing, interfering, and impacting technology you're going to see it crop up more. It's not a "rough start for HN", it's the current climate of the world through the lens of the US.
- shadowgovt 2y agoIt's hard to do technology when your staff and customers have TB.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoYes. Becsuse this is an issue that will be slower to respond to because of political actions. Do we really want to skirt around the issue?
- matwood 2y ago> The political commentary is infecting every thread. Unfortunately politics has infected areas of our lives we took for granted. The stopping of reporting coming out of the CDC/NIH/HHS makes discussing health science articles more challenging. And this is a direct result of the new administration. While this article may not be vaccine related, the new administration wants a known anti-vaxxer to lead the HHS.