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>>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....)

>>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

>>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.

>>pksdjf+xL3
It takes a certain amount of myopia to reduce the work of an acclaimed author of 60 years to just whatever her position on your favourite President is.

>>IAmEve+Da4
It's not about Trump, it is about claiming the US is close to devolving into the state of handmaid's tale. I don't know how many people here have read it (the book, I mean). I have read it. It is a ridiculous claim.