I hate political posts on Hacker News because they lead to petty, histrionic bickering like this.
What is intellectually gratifying about mean-spirited sarcasm like:
> You have no right to criticize me for trying to reduce how implicated I am in one of the most evil acts of the 21st century.
> And if you disagree, well, I can name a thousand other forums for you to post your comment in before you come here to Hacker News. Otherwise you're just being wildly inconsistent and deeply morally corrupt.
Political threads make people forget how to make positive contributions and instead they compete to express the most outrage. Nobody wins from that.
What is intellectually gratifying about mean-spirited sarcasm like:
> You have no right to criticize me for trying to reduce how implicated I am in one of the most evil acts of the 21st century.
> And if you disagree, well, I can name a thousand other forums for you to post your comment in before you come here to Hacker News. Otherwise you're just being wildly inconsistent and deeply morally corrupt.
Political threads make people forget how to make positive contributions and instead they compete to express the most outrage. Nobody wins from that.