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0 pointsajarmst5y ago0 comments

I come to this site to avoid the would-be-funny-if-it-wasn't-part-of-a-process-leading-to-our-extinction factional raging in social media, so apologies to all. However, as my use of the term 'lunatic' is being judged inappropriate and I have a normal amount of insecurity, I feel a need to respond. And, of course, if you can't indulge in a bit of pedantry, it just wouldn't be Hacker News. Thus:

No. not more than half of them. No more than about 30 percent did anything at all to prevent it. A similar number actively tried to make it happen, the reminder were spread amongst 'don't care', 'sounds like too much work' and 'fuck all y'all'. It was very slightly better but pretty similar results this week (and we won't even mention the Senate...). So an opinion that the median American is some combination of vicious, stupid, lazy, dangerous or crazy may be inflammatory, but it is certainly evidence-based.

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cmurf5y ago

Add infantilization to your list, please. America's sins aren't unique, but Americans are fairly unique in demanding that they shouldn't have to confront those sins. That's for people of color to do, every day, disproportionately shouldering the burden of American's demand for innocence. It's like white Americans insist on being children, needing and deserving to be emotionally coddled instead of being told to grow up.

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