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by tomhoward 2495 days ago
I'm not from the USA, I've just been using this site for over 10 years and I'm familiar with the guidelines and norms that ask us not to engage in nationalistic battle ("flamewar topics"), or use all-caps for emphasis, or to complain about downvotes (which seems particularly apt when the likely reason for those downvotes is that multiple guidelines have been broken).

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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100100010001 2494 days ago
Fair enough. I’m sorry. I’ve been pretty upset about the situation in the USA, and my last few post were definitely based on emotion rather than having a serious discussion. This isn’t a justification for the actions just an explanation of the flaws I have that led to them. I fell prey to the wizard’s third rule... passion rules reason.
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tomhoward 2494 days ago
Cheers for the comment, and good on you for the self-reflection.

I sympathise with the propensity to get angry over all the things that seem wrong in the world. Is't something I've been working to contain in myself for a long time.

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