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You can't look at California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts--states who have these very long-term Democrat majorit
by lisbbb 1y ago
You can't look at California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts--states who have these very long-term Democrat majorities, and tell me we have a representative anything! Those places will likely never turn back to any kind of balanced representative rule. They pass whatever the hell they want and the only pushback is through our Federal courts who often take years to produce meager relief.
It's not "getting bad" it "is bad."
- nbngeorcjhe 1y ago[flagged]
- tomhow 1y ago> wtf are you talking about? those states have Dem majorities because that's what their populations want. moron Please don't comment like this on HN. The guidelines ask us to be kind and constructive when engaging in discussions here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: I didn't even notice until later, the final word of that comment. WTF indeed. This is absolutely not okay on HN, and we have to ban accounts that do it repeatedly.
- kimixa 1y agoIt's also a failure state of real discussion to discount someone's voice simply because of perceived incivility. Or conversely, weigh someone's opinion higher simply because of phrasing rather than content.
- tomhow 1y agoThe guidelines have been in place since soon after HN started, and have always been clear that kindness and curious conversation are what we're aiming for here. In the case of this comment "wtf are you talking about?" may be at the milder end of the spectrum of abuse, "moron" certainly isn't.
- kimixa 1y agoNo, a representative democracy allows the majority to choose their representatives. And the majority chose one party in those states. That is what democracy is. What you're asking for is rule by minority. At an extreme, an autocracy.