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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> I’m dense, apparently, and have no idea how disowning parents relates to Jim Crow. At the risk of repeating myself, since you missed it the first time: "I simply provided several examples, at different scales and degree, of conser
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> I haven't talked personally with a racist in probably 25-30 years. How do you know that you haven't talked with a racist? Are you in the habit of asking new acquaintances if they are racist, and then believing their answer?
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> I find the hyperbole counterproductive, immature, and annoying. I'm sorry you find it annoying, but I don't find the comparison hyperbolic at all, and perhaps if you understand the historical context and the facts on the grou
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> stop being a bigot towards other people's reasonable opinions I welcome all reasonable opinions. But not all opinions are reasonable. In particular, the Maga crowd favors opinions based on hero-worship credulity and irrational vib
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
You said: > In fact, I’ve never heard of a conservative kid disowning their parents, family, or friends because of their liberal views. Then when I confronted you with historical examples of conservatives behaving abominably (which you c
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
Your comment is utterly non sequitur. If you want to reply to what I wrote, I'd be happy to engage.
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> It took a generation of integration before racism disappeared from most US neighborhoods. I'm still waiting
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
Incorrect inference. You're so eager to achieve victim status that you've totally missed the point.
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
You said: > Your conservative neighbor is no more evil than someone who thinks their conservative neighbor is evil because they are conservative. In response this: > This is just sentimental nonsense. You are not obligated to patroniz
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
That's not the implication. Read it again, stop playing the victim. The point is simply that hate is not rational, and that your proposal of kindness does nothing to assuage the rampant ignorance and xenophobia that animates evil ideol
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> you're dreaming up edge cases Xenophobia and racial (or religious ) animus are hardly edge cases. On the contrary, they are the default setting for our species, as evidenced by (flips through history book) the last few millennia.
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> Nope. I haven’t seen any of those things personally I didn't ask if you saw those things personally. > And likewise, maybe you should experience the real world instead of believing sensationalized things you read. Do you think
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> Then you live next to them and let them borrow a cup of sugar or ask to borrow one from them and collect their mail while they’re away and thank them when they let you know you left a light on when you left for work the other day. You
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
> Then you are uniquely placed to show them you're not the baddie they thought you were. Great idea! If only we had thought of this sooner. We could have avoided Jim Crow and segregation if only black people had thought to be friend
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by hackyhacky 21d ago
Never heard of a "Christian" parent kicking out their gay son? Never heard a "conservative" call a protester a "libtard" right before rolling coal at them? Never heard of a friendly Southern town doing anything
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by hackyhacky 22d ago
> It's unclear to me whether you are incapable of following a thread, or are having trouble keeping your sock puppets in order. I don't use sock puppets. Believe it or not, the structure of HN comments allows conversations betw
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by hackyhacky 22d ago
Oh I'm sure they're having conversations. Those conversations are about how evil immigrants are, how tariffs are not taxes, what color MAGA hat to buy, and why Trump is the most honest billionaire in history. Conversations not tet
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by hackyhacky 22d ago
> Partisanship just blinds people, and is something that should be avoided like the plague. Well, we agree on that much.
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by hackyhacky 22d ago
> Do I want to see more of them, probably not. Does it deserved to be flagged, absolutely not. That's fine, but please don't play the martyr. You're supporting a president who is deporting people for constitutionally prote
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by hackyhacky 22d ago
> Are you able to say one positive change current administration has purposefully done? Not sure what kind of test this is supposed to be, but okay, I'll bite. He's done some things that could be good, but because of his unique
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by hackyhacky 22d ago
> I think he genuinely believes that the 2020 election was likely stolen There are more-or-less two possibilities: either he believes that the election was stolen despite the total absence of evidence to that effect, in which case he is
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by hackyhacky 22d ago
> When has he ever admitted to joking? More or less always if we speak of implicitness, Sorry, but I have to laugh at the idea of an "implicit admission." Also known as "not an admission." I feel like you have a paras
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by hackyhacky 23d ago
> You did not link to any factual evidence that made any claim contrary to the facts: Every state has free voter IDs. You keep on repeating that. Your brain is hyper-focused on "every state has free voter ID card". Meanwhile yo
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by hackyhacky 23d ago
You are missing the point. Even if there is no financial cost, it requires documentation and time to get voter ID. It is not issued automatically. That's why 10% of the US population doesn't have form of ID that could be used to v
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by hackyhacky 23d ago
> I don’t oppose that. What makes you think all Republicans would? Because your elected GOP representatives consistently vote against it, when universally available ID is presented by Democrats as a condition for voter ID laws. Do you ha
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by hackyhacky 23d ago
You are (intentionally) disregarding the question of intent. The NJ issue was a software bug. It was found and fixed. No amount of big government oversight will prevent bugs, and in fact it may increase them. In contrast, the disenfranchise
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by hackyhacky 23d ago
How does that contradict my point? 10 percent of Americans do not have acceptable ID and would be disenfranchised by Republican voter ID laws. Even free ID doesn't make the operation frictionless, as you still have to provide a birth c
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by hackyhacky 23d ago
> Explain how Republicans caused the ineligible votes in New Jersey, please. I never asserted that they did. Are you arguing with me or with a straw man?
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by hackyhacky 23d ago
> So did you. Did you not see the links to factual evidence that I included? > This is about voter IDs (which are free), not drivers licenses. Now you're moving goalposts. Most people get their in the form of a driver's lice
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by hackyhacky 23d ago
> Yes they do. Okay, we're at that level of argument, I see. Well, you forgot to bring your evidence. A drivers license in New York costs between $64.25 and $107.5 >>as well a trip to the DMV or equivalent > Not always. Ple

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