Comment by testing22321

You’re right Dan that it is an aggressive statement.

The much more important and concerning observation is that it’s real. It’s not hypothetical. That is happing to real people in the US right now. Today. I wasn’t exaggerating, I wasn’t being aggressive for effect or to intimidate.

I was asking how you would feel when what it’s happening to your fellow countrymen happens to you.

I’m very aware it’s a hard hitting statement and question, and that’s because reality in your country is currently hard hitting. It’s life right now, like it or not.

To close the loop on your example above, if your question was asked to a twice convicted wife-beater it would be a perfectly reasonable question. The same applies here.

Those things in my question are real, and it’s important for you to think about them and plan for them and think of the future through that lens.

You have an enormous responsibility in this because you, an individual, have the power to stop discussions by educated people that may lead to all this being prevented.

Of course it’s easy to say “there are plenty of other places to discuss this stuff, which is true. But people are here and they want to talk about it. People have a community here, and people are reaching out to that community in desperate times.

It seems you’re so focused on keeping “low value” comments and discussions off HN you’ve forgotten how important it is for people to be able to discuss such important topics before it’s too late.

So I ask again - do you think you’ll be proud of shutting down discussions around the collapse of society for millions of people if and when the consequences are in your house?