[ImPostingOnHN]

Where I live, there was an insurrection on January 6th a few years back, incited to action and violence by the sort of "political speech" the governments of Florida and Texas are trying to force us Americans to speak, publish, or otherwise carry.

[wmidwestranger]

That sucks, what changed?

[ImPostingOnHN]

Texas and Florida passed laws aimed at making sure they succeed next time. They were challenged in court, and here we are!

[wmidwestranger]

I'm not so worried because the game is fixed but if it makes you feel better:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-democrats-could-...

[ImPostingOnHN]

Sounds a bit conspiratorial, so not worth clicking, but in any case, there's enough "both sides!!1"-style equivocating on the net, and I'm not really interested in engaging with that sort of low-effort distraction on HN. Have a good one!

[wmidwestranger]

As conspiratorial as an article published on the Microsoft Network by "Russell A. Berman (born May 14, 1950) ... an American academic and professor specializing in German studies and Comparative literature."[0] can be?

Have a good one either way! Certainly, no reason to quarrel when, orientation ignored, we're overwhelmingly in similar circumstances.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Berman

[ImPostingOnHN]

Your post was the part conspiratorial and vague ("the game is fixed"), so not worth clicking the link. What good would it do? The post seems unrelated to the topic, which is republican government efforts to compel speech in order to make sure the next insurrection is successful. Based on the 1 cryptic sentence you provided before linking out, I'm guessing the link is similarly unrelated. Hence: not worth the click.

In any case, there's enough "both sides!!1"-style equivocating on the net, and I'm not really interested in engaging with that sort of low-effort distraction on HN. Have a good one!