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It seems like an obvious opinion. Not that it's obviously true, but that the evidence for it is obvious - as in, it shouldn't be a confusing or surprising opinion for somebody to have. You may perfectly reasonably disagree with it, but that's not the same as asking somebody to summarize the story so far under the pretense that you don't know what they're talking about.

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This comment covers it pretty well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42892253

Also, don't complain about downvotes.

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You asked a very subjective, opinion-based question, and called the answer offered "objectively horrible" and "speculative". That doesn't seem to make sense, besides being unnecessarily antagonistic.

Re: Downvotes - You said, "I asked a perfectly reasonable question and was downvoted", then went on to say something about downvoters having their blinders on. That's sarcastic complaining. In general, commenting on your own downvotes like that looks bad (underdog syndrome), is distracting, and also self-fulfilling (complaining about downvotes is something that invites downvotes).

"cruelty is the point" is a (seemingly increasingly true) adage about conservatives and whichever their latest boogieman is

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