ChristianBundy

Hey, welcome!

On what grounds could "he" sue?

Of course. This isn't controversial.

If someone takes a bunch of hostages then we need people who can de-escalate and rescue them, but that isn't what most cops spend their time doing every day.

You haven't added any reasoning or even anecdotal evidence to the discussion, only that you had a "living nightmare" experience, and then you went on to fantasize about some dystopia and why our only option is to pass reforms.

The police aren't following the laws now. Why would you think that adding laws would make them follow the existing ones? Police reform isn't the only tool we have available, and it feels very silly to hear people continue pounding the reform drum in 2020.

How do you ensure that all of your AUR packages are up-to-date? The makepkg workflow makes installation easy but I didn't update my AUR packages very consistently until I used a helper.

Could you give an example?

> Data scientist fired for retweeting study showing non-violent protests are more effective

This is a blatant misrepresentation. The tweet talked about "race riots" and Democrat election results. Many people would argue that the point of direct action is not to sway electoral votes toward the Democratic party.

Nitpick: It depends on what "over one hundred billions" means. You could only give $1 to 1 billion people of you have $101 billion, but if you have $999 billion then you could give $998 to 1 billion people without violating the digit constraint.

My guess is that it's closer to your estimate, about 1 day of wages, but it could be 2.7 years of wages at most.

> We can discuss the merits all day long but not the legitimacy of the government to decide who can and cannot stay.

Why can't we discuss the legitimacy of the government?

I've seen people get offended by celebrities with insensitive takes, but I've never seen anyone on HN get cancelled because of a comment. The worst I've seen is "this is wrong and here's why" or "I don't want to talk to you".

Generally I've seen people reach for "cancel culture" when:

1. Fear-mongering the left over perceived injustice.

2. Defending bad takes by tone-policing any disagreement.

Can you point to a comment by john_moscow where they've been 'cancelled'? Or maybe a comment by you?

Are you linking to "a politically organized body of people under a single government" or "a race of people, large group of people with common ancestry and language"?

I agree that the assertion was at the beginning of the article, but I don't think the remainder of the article is predicated on this claim. In other words: I don't think the order of magnitude invalidates the rest of their argument.

Sorry, based on your comment history I don't think I'd like to discuss anything with you. Cheers.