The tech bro hive mind on HN is furiously flagging (i.e., voting into invisibility) any submissions dealing with Tesla, Elon Musk or the kafkaesque US immigration detention situation. Add “/active” to the URL to see.
The site’s moderator says it’s fine because users are “tired of the repetition”. Repetition of what exactly? Attempts to get through the censorship wall?
OK hate reading this thread now:
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Heck this guy for downplaying fascism
Heck this guy for downplaying the recent totally obvious escalations
Heck this guy for normalizing what’s going on
Heck this guy for trusting, unconditionally, the feds when they claim people without criminal backgrounds (but omg tattoos) are hardened violent criminals.
Heck this guy for being generally oblivious to that horror story that was all over the news
Heck this guy for being willfully obtuse
Heck this guy for not choosing kindness
Heck this guy for not choosing kindness
omfg
What exactly is the role of border patrol if not to literally enforce nationalism