Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S. This Year

Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by echelon on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:03PM (#25434427)

I'm shocked, but I get a sense there are more conservatives here than ever before. Or maybe they were always here but now find themselves less prone to self-censorship.

I've been reading HN since the late 2000s and only noticed this post-election. It always seemed as if HN was incredibly liberal. Now there are conservative-leaning voices and opinions cropping up everywhere that are being upvoted as top comments.

I'm seeing a markedly conservative shift in tone.

I'm not saying this is good or bad, but it feels new.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by DenisM on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:57PM (#25437669)

Is it possible that the community stayed with their convictions and it's just you drifting left? It's easy to not notice.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by war1025 on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:14PM (#25434587)

I think the Trump era emboldened a lot of normally quiet conservatives to be more outspoken in their views.

Particularly in the tech scene, you can get the feeling that everyone is very liberal, and so you better just be quiet and keep to yourself.

Personally, I saw so many people completely overplay their hands when it came to things Trump said or did, that it made me more comfortable having them downvote me through the floor and tell me nasty things because honestly who cares? Someone on the internet disagrees with me. Neat. I can disagree back.

Part of that is maybe just me being four years older though and really has nothing to do with the garbage fire that has been the news and media environment since 2016.

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