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why is it that any china related topic always springs up weird throwaways dedicated to criticizing China in some form? I get that you want to criticize China, a

• linkinpark85 8y ago
  Because that's what majority of HN's readers are -> A group of lefties who are in the same narrow mindset, and thought they have higher moral ground than everybody else, and yet doesn't know much beyond their tiny circle
• throwaway5783 8y ago
  Perhaps because it's well known that China will gladly go to extreme lengths to force the company you work for to fire you, even over something as innocent as liking a tweet. Think your company won't bend over? How about when they DDOS attack all the company's resources? Or force your company's partners to sever ties with said company? You even have to fear you'll be blacklisted from ever visiting China (even if it's a dystopian shithole then it would be shortsighted not to consider the consequences of getting blacklisted), or worse, arrested/kidnapped/sent to a "reeducation camp" after visiting the country.
  • dang 8y ago
    Nationalistic flamewar is not welcome on HN. We've banned this account.
• ridethetiger 8y ago
  I deleted my main account recently-too much time spent on the HN/reddit. I would not currently express beliefs like this on something that could be tied to my meatspace identity. I am an academic in a department with lots of international students and while I am not now prominent-I could become prominent and anyone with both eyes open knows how the chinese government responds to external or internal criticism. I would be in the future be willing to accept that type of attack-but not over an HN comment.