Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars are being totaled

Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by concordDance on Monday May 01, 2023 @06:34AM (#35770989)

This is a rather heat generating post (as opposed to light).

I think the things that cause this are:

* References to some supposed collective discourse ("so many refuse to discuss this.").

* Statements about what "we" do (who is "we"? Americans? Anglos? English speakers? The world?).

* Heavily political topic central to the USA Culture War.

* Use of (USA) identity group divisions ("white", "black").

I think this is a really unproductive line of discourse and a particularly bad way of approaching that line, focusing on consensus building and a call to action (in this case, a change of discourse). I think this post is unsuitable for hackernews.

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Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by neurobama on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:01AM (#35771172)

* It's a collective discourse whose contours are well known to Americans

* It refers to "Americans"

* The link itself is a USA topic (Kia and Hyundai theft wave) with embedded videos touching on politics and identity groups

* These identity groups are highly relevant in context (see above)

I've presented facts and figures many users found interesting. These data are often overlooked in mainstream discourse. If you don't like Americans posting facts and opinions on HN links about America, don't read the comments.

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Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by concordDance on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:20AM (#35771295)

And do you think your post has lead to productive discourse or just culture war thread number 63548?

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Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by neurobama on Monday May 01, 2023 @05:52PM (#35779711)

I think a lot of people who didn't know the contours of this auto theft crime wave, or perhaps even know such a crime wave was happening, now have a better understanding of what's happening and why.

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Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by peyton on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:14AM (#35771248)

It’s the comment section on an American car blog article posted to an American news site owned by an American startup accelerator. What do you expect?

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Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by chasil on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:42AM (#35771456)

For myself, I choose not to address the question. I stand to gain nothing from it, so it seems pointless to pursue it.

However, what do you think is a productive line of discourse on this problem, that makes light and not heat?

It seems a quandry to me.

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