> Shockingly, some of them even post at hn.
Why is that shocking? Given the scope of active users, I'd be surprised if you didn't find supporters of every major candidate.
Why is that shocking? Given the scope of active users, I'd be surprised if you didn't find supporters of every major candidate.
I'm not saying Trump supporters are idiots, but I have yet took figure out how one would support him otherwise.
I would never vote for him. But it's hard to not have sympathy for someone you see getting attacked and slandered for saying something you agree with. Political rhetoric like "supporters are X are idiots" creates polarization. People who were on the fence before become stronger supporters of X, because they feel they are under attack and need to stand up for what they believe.
Trump is a master of this tactic. He says things he knows lots of people believe, but that are very controversial. This gets him tons more media attention than other candidates.
Right now every demographic is afraid and insecure for variety of reasons and they wrongly see the November election as crucial. So partisanship is all they have left to express their frustration and anger. So it becomes omnipresent.
The story has absolutely nothing to do with the election, and there is no reason to believe that the woman who reported Menzio was a Trump supporter, and yet the Washington Times, taking its cue from Menzio's Facebook comments, chose to spin it as an indictment of Trump.
In short, it is effectively a partisan political article, and shouldn't be posted to HN for that reason.