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Re: Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with

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post #5

Somehow, I think there's not going to be a lot of trump supporters out there.

Well, there's a lower bound of around 50 million trump supporters in the US based on last night's election results...

Well there are Trump supporters and people who really dislike Hilary. Based on the exit polling it looks like very few people loved who they voted for, and instead voted against someone else.

Re: Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

A two party system is a large part of this problem. One group validates itself by demonizing the only other player in town. It's toxic and it energizes the most self-serving of us.

Do they actually want different things though? In the UK it seems like all the politicians want the same - and all the people want the opposite.

From outside it more seems like all politicians want one thing, and half of the population wants the opposite.

Re: Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with

#43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A two party system is a large part of this problem. One group validates itself by demonizing the only other player in town. It's toxic and it energizes the most self-serving of us.

Do they actually want different things though? In the UK it seems like all the politicians want the same - and all the people want the opposite.

What policies do the current Conservative government, Labour, SNP government in Scotland, Plaid Cymru in Wales and the various parties in NI have in common?

Quite a few of those parties want to break away from the UK - which is about is fundamental a disagreement as you can have!

Re: Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with

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The time for talking seems over. The days of toleration, of nodding along and trying to engage with the crazy uncle over thanksgiving dinner seem to have failed. It may be time for more direct action, for properly ostracizing such people. The racists and homophones aren't going to be invited to my family gatherings anymore. And when they ask I will make sure they understand why. Everyone thinks that such people can b…

And this type of post is how we got there. Thanks for illustrating the problem :)

Re: Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with

#46
post #13

Your bundle.js file is 4.4MB and took 30 seconds to load (given several attempts). I would consider getting that under control, at the very least gzip the file.

How can a site like this require that much clientside javascript?

it's 2016

Re: Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with

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The time for talking seems over. The days of toleration, of nodding along and trying to engage with the crazy uncle over thanksgiving dinner seem to have failed. It may be time for more direct action, for properly ostracizing such people. The racists and homophones aren't going to be invited to my family gatherings anymore. And when they ask I will make sure they understand why. Everyone thinks that such people can b…

> The days of toleration, of nodding along and trying to engage with the crazy uncle over thanksgiving dinner seem to have failed. Indeed. But whose failure is it? > Everyone thinks that such people can be negotiated with. I don't think they can until they understand exactly what they are doing. You're assuming that everyone who supported Trump is racist. I know several intelligent, non-racist people who voted for Tr…

"51% of the country"

Clinton won the popular vote.

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