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[return to "The Making of Margaret Atwood"]
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1. pksdjf+cJ3[view] [source] 2019-11-22 07:19:33
>>apolli+(OP)
I'm still flabbergasted that she and others seriously proclaimed Trump's election would bring about the scenario of the handmaids tale. I guess she should be excused for being ridiculous because of her old age, but I've lost all interest in her work.

(downvotes incoming in 3...2...1....)

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2. dang+zK3[view] [source] 2019-11-22 07:39:48
>>pksdjf+cJ3
Please don't post political flamebait to Hacker News, and please don't downvote-bait. Both those things are in the site guidelines, and if you'd review and follow them, we'd be grateful.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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3. pksdjf+xL3[view] [source] 2019-11-22 07:54:03
>>dang+zK3
Doesn't that apply to the submission about Atwood, though? It seems to me the "political flamebait" rule is applied rather selectively on HN.
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4. pvg+bO3[view] [source] 2019-11-22 08:28:01
>>pksdjf+xL3
No. Work with political implications and articles about it are just that, not 'flamebait'. 'Old lady I disagree with lol' is "political flamebait" only through an exceptionally stoic application of the principle of charity.
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