Comment by OrvalWintermute | Hacker News Reader

Comment by OrvalWintermute | Hacker News Reader

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OrvalWintermute

I think you are waging political warfare on HN, and violating the guidelines of "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity."

It is important to never demonize your opponents too much, if you are going to try and remain civil with them.

>* Pro-life Christians

>* Gun owners

>* Right-leaning libertarians

>* "Selfish"/anti-tax rich people

>* The alt-right / neo-Nazi / Q cultist crowd

>* Populists (who may not necessarily be conservative, as evidenced by the overlap in support for Trump and Bernie)

>* People with conservative social/cultural values

>* Typical center-right conservatives (to the extent that they still vote Republican consistently, or at all)

This smacks of making a list..

> The greatest threat facing humanity today isn't climate change. It's the current Republican Party, and the prospect of world's most powerful military and nuclear arsenal ending up in the hands of a hypothetical future theofascist America.

Please reconsider how you post in the comments section

Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.

I didn't attack any particular ideology. I politely described my opinion on a specific organization that attempted to overthrow my country's government, first via a soft coup and then by force, as it related to the current discussion.

This smacks of making a list..

And? Are you suggesting that HN is anti-lists?

> Are you suggesting that HN is anti-lists?

This gave me a seriously hearty laugh. They're just in bed with "Big List"!

> The greatest threat facing humanity today isn't climate change. It's the current Republican Party

> I didn't attack any particular ideology.

Well, sorry, my fault, it just seemed that when you aligned anyone right of center with neo-Nazis that some people probably took it that way.

when you aligned anyone right of center with neo-Nazis

Again, I didn't say that.

Furthermore, while it's entirely beside the point, I personally do hold many political positions that might be considered right of center in America; for example, I'm in favor of liberal gun rights and a restriction on late-term abortions.

When I use the term "neo-Nazi", I mean it in a literal sense, not as an insult directed at conservatives. In fact, I went out of my way to distinguish between the center-right and neo-Nazis. There's a big difference between advocating for a balanced budget and joining an armed white nationalist militia to fight a satanic pedophile cult. Pretending otherwise is an obvious bad faith argument.

If anything, by suggesting that these are the same people, you are the one equating conservatives with neo-Nazis. Call me far-left, far-right, or whatever else you want; I just don't see someone like Bush/McCain/Romney storming the Capitol with a Confederate flag while calling for the assassination of acting government officials.

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