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Alternatively, maybe he's a Democratic astroturfer using reverse reverse psychology to convince holdouts to go get vaccinated.

I've been in cult leadership That sounds interesting. How'd that happen? Is the experience something you're able to talk about, and if so how would you rate it?

Being an idiot in a viking suit justifies attempting to assassinate multiple acting government officials for the purpose of interrupting the certification of the election. OK.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/10/hang-mike-pe... https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/nancy-pelosi-... https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/977879589/yes-capitol…

It absolutely is not. Unless you're claiming that the 1/6 footage was all deepfaked and/or an Antifa false flag operation, the issue seems pretty unambiguous.

I'm not disagreeing with most of that, quite the opposite. What I take issue with is the media being brazenly unfair in select instances, which needlessly gives Q cultists ammuniti…

It's an interesting idea. So much of the US is just uninhabited land. I could see such policies not leading to overcrowding, but rather to increased development and economic growth…

Both sides have a tendency to cry wolf. Bush was awful, but he wasn't Hitler. Romney was treated particularly unfairly during his presidential run. Regardless of one's feelings on …

It’s frankly exhausting to have discussions when both sides live in their own worlds. It is indeed. You sound arrogant, “only one side is correct and it’s my side” I have very litt…

This is implying that default mail-in voting was a way to get Democrats elected in the first place. No it isn't. Don't be obtuse. Challenging elections integrity in the courts are …

Sure both sides are claiming it, but only one side is correct. On the right, we have: * USPS sabotage and state-level voter suppression measures in urban areas leading up to the 20…

To be more specific, I was referring to: * USPS sabotage and state-level voter suppression measures in urban areas leading up to the 2020 election * Post-election soft coup attempt…

I was with you until this somehow turned into "both sides are equally bad". We should absolutely push for greater transparency and verifiability into the internals of such critical…

This is an idea I've been interested in since it came up last month ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27582145 ), but I don't personally feel strongly enough yet to land on ei…

Agreed. I think it's a major issue in political discourse when people begin to identify with labels and slogans, and treat them as prescriptive (ideals to be adhered to) rather tha…

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 th…

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 orga…

Your example that Republicans are the big tent party doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. It shouldn't, because that isn't what I said. Ok, seems like you know it’s short sighted but…

That's a great approach. I like the concise way of stating it. I'll apply it to a couple things that are popular topics right now. --- Automated fact checking: The negative consequ…

No idea why you're getting downvoted Speculation: conflation of his reasonable and factual statement with the ostensibly similar far-right talking point that the cure (social dista…

I don't think your conclusion that the majority of the left has adopted that position is founded, but I agree that this is a very interesting tension that you've perfectly describe…

It looks like /r/vegetarianketo recommends TVP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textured_vegetable_protein (I had some non-keto veggie lasagna made with TVP a few months ago, and I th…

Canola oil does have a decent smoke point, but I'd never recommend it over ghee on LCHF, because ghee has a higher smoke point, better taste, fairly interesting nutritional propert…