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gustavusyesterday at 10:02 PM4 repliesview on HN

What do you hope to accomplish by that statement?

Do you think this will motivate people who may have voted for trump but been ok the fence by calling them stupid?

Is it to help give a better alternative or actionable advice? Does it contribute anything to the discussion?

It seems it primarily exist to give you a hit of self righteous dopamine while attempting to create further rifts between individuals.


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anonymarsyesterday at 10:15 PM

Far more useful would be to wonder for a moment why people voted that way, especially since I would wager no small part of the reason is because people are living in different realities stemming from hyper-targeted curated clickbait slop

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add-sub-mul-divyesterday at 10:14 PM

At some point the emperor should be made aware that he's naked, even if it hurts his feelings to find out.

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stonogoyesterday at 10:11 PM

we need an irony hall of fame for this forum

SpicyLemonZestyesterday at 10:15 PM

> Do you think this will motivate people who may have voted for trump but been ok the fence by calling them stupid?

Yes. That's been a surprising and important lesson of the Trump movement's success; we've learned that insulting your political opponents can help convince fence-sitters, and doesn't automatically repel them. I wish it weren't so, but in the modern political climate, abandoning insults seems as strategically unwise as abandoning fundraising.