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More people died under far-left regimes. But somehow cheering them is funny and cool, especially in the SV tech community. Just take a look on recent HN comment

by izirik 10y ago

More people died under far-left regimes. But somehow cheering them is funny and cool, especially in the SV tech community. Just take a look on recent HN comments on Castro or Venezuela. Everyone criticizing these far-left regimes or ideologies were getting downvoted to hell and flagged. I am pretty sure that OP would prefer some more centered political forces to solve the problem. But so far any other forces do not want even to admit its existence.

icebraining 10y ago
Everyone criticizing these far-left regimes or ideologies were getting downvoted to hell and flagged. Not only is that irrelevant in this discussion, as it's downright false. Many people were calling Castro evil and getting upvoted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042972 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042972 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13044334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13044334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042486 There are many more, I got tired after scrolling about 30% of the thread.
dang 10y ago
That is factually false, as icebraining went through the tedium of demonstrating. We've asked you many times to stop doing this, and you appear to have responded by creating new accounts to keep doing what we asked you not to do, and worse, using them in the same thread to create the false appearance of multiple voices. These behaviors are bannable offences on Hacker News, so we've banned your accounts. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com. We unban accounts if their owners give us reason to believe that they'll change and use the site as intended from now on.

by izirik 10y ago

icebraining 10y ago

Everyone criticizing these far-left regimes or ideologies were getting downvoted to hell and flagged. Not only is that irrelevant in this discussion, as it's downright false. Many people were calling Castro evil and getting upvoted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042972 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042972 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13044334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13044334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13042486 There are many more, I got tired after scrolling about 30% of the thread.

dang 10y ago

That is factually false, as icebraining went through the tedium of demonstrating. We've asked you many times to stop doing this, and you appear to have responded by creating new accounts to keep doing what we asked you not to do, and worse, using them in the same thread to create the false appearance of multiple voices. These behaviors are bannable offences on Hacker News, so we've banned your accounts. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com. We unban accounts if their owners give us reason to believe that they'll change and use the site as intended from now on.