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Re:The US government's open data on Data.gov is currently be... by lm28469 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @10:55AM (#42878919)
"it's not a nazi salute, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not building a camp in Guantanamo, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not getting rid of gov workers en mass, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not going to blanket pardon January 6th rioters, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not going to deport international students who protested against Israel, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not going to deregulate industries and set us back decades in term of ecological progress, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not scrubbing open gov data, don't be ridiculous" < you are here

Indeed, it would be a shame to jump to conclusions, we have 0 hints of what's happening

Re:The US government's open data on Data.gov is currently be... by Terr_ on Thursday January 30, 2025 @12:54PM (#42880205)
> < you are here

Your guesses about me are hilariously wrong.

Ex: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42850668 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42850761, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42816654

So trim those excessive confidence levels, and consider what you might change to improve your process.

Re:The US government's open data on Data.gov is currently be... by scinadier on Thursday January 30, 2025 @02:57PM (#42881535)
Perhaps the marker indicating where you are is supposed to work it's way up the list? I don't think what you've said here - in this thread - has been unreasonable.
Re:The US government's open data on Data.gov is currently be... by collingreen on Thursday January 30, 2025 @06:15PM (#42883207)
That comment also seems very reasonable to me and probably doesn't deserve the response it got.

The other one does make sense to me though (but would be better in a different context) and echoes my own personal frustration with the "don't be ridiculous" dismissal of concern for things going on in the face of a blatant pattern (which perhaps you don't agree is a pattern with your implication that the higher things in that list haven't been dismissed as ridiculous then immediately happened).

Re:The US government's open data on Data.gov is currently be... by billy99k on Thursday January 30, 2025 @08:16PM (#42883865)
"it's not a nazi salute, don't be ridiculous"

It's crazy that this is what's focused on, but an entire administration of authoritarian control, corruption, and a final pardoning of the President's criminal family is completely ignored.

Whether in bad taste, a mistake, or a result of autism, it really doesn't matter.

"they're not getting rid of gov workers en mass, don't be ridiculous"

This was always the plan.

"they're not going to blanket pardon January 6th rioters, don't be ridiculous"

Some people that basically walked into the capitol without any weapons or being violent were imprisoned and not even given as much as a trial for 4 years. Don't you think they've done enough time? Or are you completely politically motivated?

"they're not going to deregulate industries and set us back decades in term of ecological progress, don't be ridiculous"

Biden should have de-regulated immediately after coming into office (a temporary measure), but he basically did nothing and completely fucked our economy.

"they're not scrubbing open gov data, don't be ridiculous"

Is this any different than any other administration or are you jumping to conclusions because Trump bad?

Re:The US government's open data on Data.gov is currently be... by immibis on Friday January 31, 2025 @12:21AM (#42884919)
"they're not rounding up Jews and gassing them en masse, don't be ridiculous" < a lot of people during Adolf Hitler's regime