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Re:When California Was the Bear Republic by jmspring on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:31PM (#17546348)
Downvotes without comment? Always fun. Try living/spending time talking to people outside Sac or SF. Bay Area born/native/raised... spending solid time in the large section of the state east of Chico.

It’s actually refreshing having non-SV conversations about things substantive.

Re:When California Was the Bear Republic by tomhoward on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:16AM (#17547674)
I didn't downvote you, but maybe easing off on the conspiratorial tone of the comment would help. Nevertheless, complaining about downvotes is against HN's guidelines; you're better off to think about how you could make the same point in a way that's more palatable to people (i.e., makes them think).