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Re:Y'know that ridiculously expensive Oculus Rift? Yeah, it ... by kafkaesq on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:39PM (#12656731)
Disagree. When tech figures who would otherwise be hero-worshipped are caught supporting extremist politics or otherwise nakedly trolling, out in the wild -- that's always in the interest of the HN community to know.
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Re:Y'know that ridiculously expensive Oculus Rift? Yeah, it ... by oldmanjay on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:53PM (#12656802)
Ahh, call-out culture is the best. It's so great when people find a high horse they're comfortable riding.
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Re:Y'know that ridiculously expensive Oculus Rift? Yeah, it ... by kafkaesq on Thursday October 06, 2016 @07:26PM (#12656966)
Again, I disagree. When major industry figures are found to be supporting extremist politicians by either covert or overt means, then pointing this out isn't "riding a high horse" -- it's due diligence.
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Re:Y'know that ridiculously expensive Oculus Rift? Yeah, it ... by mixedCase on Thursday October 06, 2016 @07:48PM (#12657072)
> extremist

This is the problem I'm talking about. HN should be above political discussions like this. Look, I'm sure we'd have a great exchange on politics; but this should be neutral grounds for all of us.

One of the things that makes HN great is that we're united by our passion for technology and if politics ever surfaces it should be because it has a direct impact on technology (like when Brendan Eich left Mozilla).

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Re:Y'know that ridiculously expensive Oculus Rift? Yeah, it ... by oldmanjay on Thursday October 06, 2016 @07:38PM (#12657019)
Your spin vs. my spin is a boring, meaningless game, but it would probably help your play if you use a phrase that has a more applicable definition to the activity you're spinning.
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Re:Y'know that ridiculously expensive Oculus Rift? Yeah, it ... by ethanbond on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:59PM (#12656834)
The hell is call-out culture?
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