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Does literally every non-political website needs to talk about Trump? I go to SO for answers, not stands.

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First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

> Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

This stand by Joel here is quite puzzling. Has Joel made a stand for the rights of gays and women in these countries?

Will he make a stand for Israel? 6 out of 7 countries chosen by Trump do not recognize Israel as a state:

https://www.quora.com/Isnt-it-pointless-that-some-countries-...

He moved to Israel when he was 15[1], served in Israeli military and was a community organizer there, so this is very unfortunate.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Spolsky

If only more american "liberals" had spoken out against their president waging war in Iraq, Syria and Libya; as fiercely as many of them are speaking out against their new president simply banning those countries' citizens from entering the US...

Who knows... I guess we can only now imagine what could've been.

The action we take now is so we don't have to say "if only"

That's one way to downplay the tens of thousands of refugees displaced by the rebels the Obama administration armed, which, by the way, caused both Brexit to win and secured Trump's seat.

Good thing the Internet really went to town talking about how the left needs to be more introspective after Trump's win, it seems we all learned from that.

Except now it may be too late, which is why when you have a President that is of your own party, you protest their terrible policies so they will (hopefully) listen. Presidents do not tend to listen to the opposition protestors (and that's all the more true when said President's party has the House, Senate, and Supreme Court).

While we're using weak copy/pasta without real discussion, I have one that some people here believe:

Then they came for the communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.

Then they came for the globalists, and I did not speak out because I was not a globalist.

Then they came for the SJWs, and I did not speak out Because I was not an SJW.

Then they saw that pretty much all problems had been fixed so they stopped coming for people. America was great again and everyone lived happily ever after.

Fin.

My thought on this is that if CEOs of traditionally non-political platforms are compelled to post political content, there might be something significant/concerning happening.

More directly: did you find this browsing SO?

Pretty sure you could have guessed what it was going to be about, given what's going on today, and just not clicked on it. "Change the channel" is what we used to say.

Or do you click on every SO link?

Are you any less likely or more likely to support policies based on what you see in digital media? Do the owners of these websites owe it to you to not talk about their opinions? I understand that you may not wish to deal with this. But I suspect many of the people affected by this ban also do not wish to deal with it, and that creating lots of public pressure is the best way to effect change.

Don't forget to thank the nice, kind people from the banned countries who helped you do your work, make money, and contribute to the overall economy so you can take care of your family.

Yes, we want to talk about it, but does it need to be in StackOverflow? Is there a StackExchange for politics?

Edit: there is http://politics.stackexchange.com/

Can you really stay out of politics? Ten years from now, what if Spolski is in jail and SO closed down. Then what?

Spolsky's post was specifically about the SO community. It was the best place and the best time to post it.

If you disagree, feel free to moderate the post for irrelevance, I know they have a mechanism to do that over there.

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