Comment by nomdep
5 months ago
@dang Considering how many are ready to label one of the “other side” as evil, I think it’s very irresponsible of you to allow articles about US politics in the front page, specially an article like this that it’s really an smearing attempt
I see you're "ready to label one of the “other side” as evil" but the article seems well researched and referenced while your comment makes vague claims.
I see a lot of really specific and well thought out raising of issues in this thread, as it applies to technology, commerce and security, all very much on topic for HN.
Criticism of the current administration is an important part of democracy, we need to hold the government accountable, no matter who runs it.
> I see you're "ready to label one of the “other side” as evil" but the article seems well researched
I meant here, in this forum.
> Criticism of the current administration is an important part of democracy, we need to hold the government accountable, no matter who runs it.
Typical american imperialist mentality where USA is the only country that exists and/or matters:
- I'm not american
- I don't need to (or can) hold your government accountable
- I still believe allowing any politically-inclined post like this is toxic to this forum
> I think it’s very irresponsible of you to allow articles about US politics in the front page
There are a couple answers to that. One is that it's not possible not to. We tried once, as an experiment, and it had the counterintuitive effect of making the site more politicized.
The other answer is that a limited amount of political overlap is actually part of optimizing the site for intellectual curiosity. Lots of past explanations at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... if anyone wants more.
What in the article do you consider as lacking a factual basis?
I’m curious what you consider to be a smear. Are the items about his background & history factual or not? If true, it seems calling it a smear attempt might be disingenuous.