[HN Gopher] The governor of Missouri still doesn't know how webs...
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The governor of Missouri still doesn't know how websites work
Author : shepherdjerred
Score : 23 points
Date : 2021-12-31 20:32 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theverge.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com)
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| coffeefirst wrote:
| Many people have told him how websites work. He has decided that
| he does not care.
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| This is what it means to be an ideologue. It's not about being
| one party or another, it's that your own narrative supersedes
| reality to the point that you can't say "in general X is true,
| but in this case the shoe doesn't fit."
| RicoElectrico wrote:
| Just like PiS in Poland, the spokesman Fogiel said: We don't
| employ experts, as the would not realize our program.
| jahnu wrote:
| Sounds like the UK politian Michael Gove on the run up the to
| Brexit vote, "I think the people of this country have had
| enough of experts..."
| BuildTheRobots wrote:
| All of the analogies seem to miss the mark.
|
| This is equivalent to lawfully asking a clerk in a records office
| for the public information about a teacher. They give you all the
| information, including the social security number and then ask
| you to pretend they didn't tell you that.
| ozfive wrote:
| The analogy of the locked front door is correct, except the
| governor got it completely wrong. The truth to that analogy is
| that the reporter came along to a house where the keys were
| left in the lock. He knocks on the door politely and says: "Hey
| your keys have been left in the lock. Try and come up with a
| solution so that this doesn't happen again and a true threat
| actor to your belongings would come along and steal your
| valuable things." I can't tell you the number of times I have
| alerted people to this at their front doors or their mailboxes.
| It happens. Every single person has responded with graceful
| humility. This exposes the lack of graceful humility that the
| governor and potentially the DA lack. This is a basic civility
| exchange where it's obvious these people shouldn't be in power.
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| EDIT: if the courts do not recognize this for what it is we are
| in bigger trouble than we imagine already.
| notreallyserio wrote:
| > EDIT: if the courts do not recognize this for what it is we
| are in bigger trouble than we imagine already.
|
| If this goes to court and the judge doesn't reject this and
| fine/imprison the governor and DA over malicious prosecution
| then we're in big trouble.
| ozfive wrote:
| Well some people have suggested that certain laws can be
| cited to make this happen. The likelihood of this
| succeeding is slim to none. What every citizen in this
| country needs to understand is that everyone is divided on
| purpose. Political beliefs are there to divide us among
| many other attempts to divide us. Your political beliefs
| have nothing to do with the safety of the American people
| and if you believe otherwise you have played into that
| fishing expedition hook line and sinker.
|
| EDIT: find some common ground with your fellow man and
| strengthen those bonds. I do it daily with people who are
| "set in their ways" they really aren't; They just need to
| be heard out about their concerns and they need to be put
| to rest by finding that common ground. We are all humans
| first and foremost and hobbies are a good way to either
| share your skills or learn a new one.
| gdavisson wrote:
| Agreed; none of the analogies I've seen are really close. I
| have a couple of attempts:
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| Analogy 1: the reporter got a letter from DESE, and noticed
| that there was confidential information printed on the inside
| of the envelope.
|
| Analogy 2: the reporter got a letter from DESE, and noticed
| there was a block of intra-office info (document ID, routing
| codes, etc) at the bottom, and _that_ contained confidential
| information.
|
| In either case, the critical thing is that the information _was
| sent to him_ , just in a form/place people don't normally read.
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