Comment by tormeh

Comment by tormeh 15 hours ago

6 replies

There's a lot of stupid people out there waiting for someone who knows how to speak to them. Sounding like a country bumpkin and being unimpressive to the elites is probably good qualities if you want to be that sort of person.

integralid 13 hours ago

>a lot of stupid people

I mean not being condescending to them would go a long way.

  • tormeh 12 hours ago

    They're generally not on HN. And since they're not here, we might as well speak about the problem using plain language.

    • krapp 9 hours ago

      There are plenty of Trump voters on HN, though.

      • tormeh 6 hours ago

        Do you mean republicans? That’s different. I have some sympathy for the whole small government thing. I even kinda vote that way myself. But there’s a certain kind of person who will instantly vote for a “man of the people” who “tells it like it is” and promises that he’ll fix everything and says the foreigners took your jobs. And we have a term for those people.

        • komali2 4 hours ago

          Honestly I'm realizing they're right, I've seen multiple comments here promoting the great replacement conspiracy. Personally I don't mind calling such people stupid, but, they are on HN.

  • Freedom2 12 hours ago

    How else do you describe people who didn't know what a tariff was, didn't care to check how it works, blindly believes that other countries will pay for it (especially after Mexico didn't really pay for the wall the first time around?), and will likely still believe whatever misinformation they're fed next time?