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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Wed, 29 September 2021, 22:43:19

Title: HCAward Subreddit
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 29 September 2021, 22:43:19
The popular HermanCain reddit sub, named after herman cain who done antivaxxed and died, an internet hive of angry recollection of mistakes made.

Is it Ethical ?

Cruel ?

Public Shaming -> log for change ?

Your thoughts ?
Title: Re: HCAward Subreddit
Post by: kajahtaa on Thu, 30 September 2021, 00:01:32
Yes it's cruel.

The West is obsessed with internal division.

Don't see any difference between that group and people saying "only 1.2% will die"

Both parties are corrupt.

If someone bragging on Social Media about how he won't wash hands after a poop I don't care if they die.

Sorry.
Title: Re: HCAward Subreddit
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 30 September 2021, 08:24:33
Considering the colossal tsunami of vitriol and hate that has been spewing out of the Radical Right for over a year now, up to and including death threats and actual killings of people who do nothing more than attempt to take simple, common-sense actions to protect themselves and their society, a web site that uses mockery and irony to make a point is small potatoes indeed.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/09/27/americas-pandemic-is-now-an-outlier-in-the-rich-world (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/09/27/americas-pandemic-is-now-an-outlier-in-the-rich-world)
Title: Re: HCAward Subreddit
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 30 September 2021, 10:44:50
i think it's sort of funny in an ironically edgy kinda way, like naming a mountain climbing award after George Mallory

you can't publicly shame dead people, they don't care.