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Top comment is a one sided political one...what happened to HN? :( Maybe it's always been this politically one sided and I just hadn't noticed until now, I jus
by quelup 2y ago
Top comment is a one sided political one...what happened to HN? :(
Maybe it's always been this politically one sided and I just hadn't noticed until now, I just always saw it as a place for cool tech and real discussions. But now I'm noticing liberal comments are incentivized and anything remotely non liberal (like this one) are flagged into oblivion. I guess this means I should probably spend less time in comment sections, content just seems skewed now.
- alistairSH 2y agoThat's funny because not that long ago, HN had a pretty noticeable conservative+libertarian slant. I think what you're seeing as liberal comments are really a testament to just how batshit crazy the current administration is behaving. Regardless of your political alignment, this amount of chaos an uncertainty is generally disfavored by the markets, the economy, etc. Edit - lol, and now I have the downvotes that prove HN isn't suddenly gone liberal - there's a big chunk of regulars who are FAR from liberal.
- jszymborski 2y agoWhat am I supposed to say? "Launching an Economic World War on the basis of an unfounded national crisis with age old allies and sinking the US economy along with them is an interesting political decision for President Trump with uncertain outcomes and motivations"?
- Ancalagon 2y agoSeriously. "American economy actively being dismantled. Voters shocked that leopard ate THEIR faces."
- krapp 2y agoDon't you understand that holding any particular opinion on any non-technical matter is partisanship, and that partisan politics is intellectually bankrupt? We aspire to a higher standard here.
- ookdatnog 2y agoNot commenting on general trends, but in the specific case of this story: sometimes reality itself just isn't nuanced and one side is simply wrong. The current US administration's economic policy is disastrous. I don't see this is as a political statement, just a statement of fact. You don't have to be left leaning to agree with this statement. It's hard to imagine what "nuanced" takes one can make in good faith. The traditional defense of Trump's tariff threats that I've heard the most is that he isn't planning on actually doing it, that it's all 5D chess to force Canada and Mexico into concessions (whatever those may be). But that defense has been rendered obsolete by the fact that the tariffs are now here. So what nuance are you looking for, exactly? What is there left to say in defense of this economic policy?
- jarsin 2y agoBig tech / unicorns went from libertarian leaning to full blown hollywood cancel culture over the last 10 years.
- duxup 2y agoI think commenting on the POTUS's trade war is relevant to jobs numbers. You don't have to like it, but it is certainly the context everyone is operating in. Only one POTUS started a trade war right now. If that's one sided I don't know what to tell you, it's also a fact...
- mrbigbob 2y agohow about instead of complaining about a comment you disagree with you actually post a counter argument. Id like to see one actually.
- chneu 2y ago"the sky is blue" - Other HN comment "IM SUCH A VICTIM TO THE WOKENESS" - Quelup Trump is literally dismantling the US Govt and economy and you're complaining that someone mentioned it, when it's extremely relevant.
- surgical_fire 2y agoI, too, was once downvoted for things I posted on the internet. I was in shock, wondering how I would keep going without those internet points. I feel your pain, brother.
- tim333 2y agoYou're always going to get criticism of the people in power when they do dumb stuff regardless of which party they are. It doesn't really matter if they are Democrat or Republican or United Russia.