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so much politics on HN these days. edit: I mean politics related content
by vadepaysa 2mo ago
so much politics on HN these days.
edit: I mean politics related content
- aliasxneo 2mo ago[flagged]
- bigyabai 2mo ago> You're unlikely to find any seriously critical views here. You're welcome to criticize him yourself, if you want. I suspect that your complaints will be pretty weak relative to the broader American political zeitgeist.
- aliasxneo 2mo agoI've had plenty of political conversations on HN before. I've literally been on the platform for almost a decade. It's always been bent one way - which makes political dialogue a pointless endeavor.
- bigyabai 2mo agoKinda sounds like a cop-out. You alleged that he's due criticism, but you're unable to levy it?
- aliasxneo 2mo agoNo, you're trying to egg me into a political conversation on HN, and I'm refusing. I thought that was pretty clear in the last comment.
- bigyabai 2mo agoI want you to substantiate your original political claim, not lament your loneliness for having an unpopular opinion.
- hagbard_c 2mo agoNope, you're doing exactly what the parent poster said, feeling secure in the 'support' you expect to get from many others on this site. The 'no politics' rule has always been a bit hazy but for about a decade it seems to have been forgotten as long as the 'politics' falls within the desired narrative. As W.O.P.R. said it is a strange game which can only be won by not playing.
- qwerpy 2mo agoI agree with you about this. If you go against the prevailing politics here, you'll get "source?"-d and nitpicked to death by an army of fact checkers while they can state opinions as facts with impunity. If your facts are unassailable you simply get downvoted and ignored. The best thing to do is to flag political posts and comments to bury them. Happily, this appears to have happened here.
- aliasxneo 2mo agoGlad I'm not crazy. This is exactly the behavior I've witnessed over the years.
- boredpeter 2mo ago[dead]
- ohlookit 2mo ago[dead]