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by dang 2587 days ago
Please keep partisan flamebait off HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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lamarpye 2587 days ago
Why? I see people on HN indiscriminating shitting on Republicans. Why can't take a shit on an idiot on the left?

Is that stated policy of HN that only people on the right can be shitted on?

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dang 2587 days ago
No; the policy is that you must follow the site guidelines, even if others are breaking them.

We all perceive the other side as doing bad things more. That's a cognitive bias. To counteract it, we have to inhibit the impulse to stick it to the other side "equally". Does that make sense?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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