[manicbovine]

It's as if you are auditioning for the Glenn Beck show. That's probably where you belong

edit: Since when is political vitriol acceptable for HN? If I wanted to hear bullshit political rants with gems like "traditional blacks" or "fuck you and your dreadlocks", then I'd turn on Fox News or MSNBC. Seriously, traditional blacks with weasely scare quotes? That comment could not be less informative, disingenuous, or falsely provocative. It's like reading something by a slightly racist college freshman.

[jack-r-abbit]

I believe the OP only put quotes around "traditional" because, in the very quote he lifted from the article, West Oakland is referred to as a traditionally black neighborhood. It is typical behavior to use quotes around words that relate directly back to the original source.

[manicbovine]

Ok, I apparently have a lot of time on my hands right now. No, it's completely non-standard to place quotes around just one word from an original source. Also, context is everything.

[Crito]

> No, it's completely non-standard to place quotes around just one word from an original source.

It is non-standard in your particular dialect of English. It is common and accepted in others.

See the discussion on the use of quotes in this HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6446077

[plywoodtrees]

One might even say it's "traditional".

[nknighthb]

Do you understand that you are attacking some of your most powerful political allies, and that it is not helpful to solving the systemic issues contributing to poverty?

[ddebernardy]

Interestingly, top-earners have been saying the same for decades when confronted with tax increases, all while having enjoyed an ever increasing share of the wealth pie. Food for thought.

[nknighthb]

This "top earner" wants more tax increases. I'm not alone. What I do not want is to be subject to violent attacks for getting up and going to work in the morning, nor to be compared to Glenn Beck for having no sympathy for the violent criminals doing so.

[ddebernardy]

And I feel the same. But here's more food for thought: when you've nothing to lose, you basically lose it. And that, sadly, is where a lot of Americans have been heading since late 2007.

[nknighthb]

Grew up on inadequate food stamps. The people with nothing to lose are busy trying to find something to lose. These thugs are not those people.

[gress]

Perhaps you should do something about income inequality then.

[nknighthb]

Like smash bus windows? There are other ways to solve problems. I help with some of them. Do you assume I don't, or do you just think violence is always the answer?

[gress]

What are your suggestions?

[manicbovine]

What in the hell are you talking about? Who have I attacked? None of the people in this thread are my "most important political allies". Did you people read "political debate and logical fallacies for dummies"?

How does "fuck you and your dreadlocks" do anything to help people? Should I use that next time I'm volunteering at the soup kitchen? Really, there must be no hope for American politics, because this is probably the most idiotic exchange I'll have today.

I presume you have made some assumptions about me, like perhaps I helped to attack this bus? That's funny stuff.

Reddit is leaking.

[nknighthb]

> I presume you have made some assumptions about me

As you have made assumptions. Many of us are quite left-wing. I would be at home in a European socialist party.

However, the escalation to violence against people like me leaves me disinclined to do anything to help you. Giving you more resources would seem to be aiding dangerous criminals.

[manicbovine]

What assumption did I make about your politics? You wear your politics loudly enough so as to preclude any need for assumption. Why have you characterized me as a dangerous criminal? I just very simply do not suffer fools or borderline racists.

I'm glad that you'd fit in with the European socialists, but your thinking is just so remarkably confused that it's comical. Actually, this strongly qualifies you to be a European socialist, replete with broken populist social initiatives and all, so good on you.

[nknighthb]

If you think the post you replied to had any racist content in it, you either didn't even try to read it, or are functionally illiterate. The comment was replying appropriately to the linked article's racially-charged rhetoric.

[manicbovine]

I hope that you include a link to your hacker news profile on your resume in order to help employers like me to avoid hiring you.