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I was afraid that my comment will turn into USA vs. China. or _____ vs. China. That is all we do here on HN. Every single time anyone criticizes China, there is

I was afraid that my comment will turn into USA vs. China. or _____ vs. China. That is all we do here on HN. Every single time anyone criticizes China, there is a preposterous tendency to "soften" the criticism by showing examples of other countries doing one or two things - pick and choose your favorite thing. I am honestly frustrated with openly criticizing a regime, doesn't matter who, without resorting to comparisons. I almost put a disclaimer on my comment to avoid rat-hole'ing into ____ vs China comments.

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weirdthings 8y ago
Check the comment history for people who post “whatabout” comments when people criticize China. Some accounts do it a lot, on many comments/posts critical of China.
- dang 8y ago
  This breaks the HN guideline against insinuating astroturfing without evidence. Please don't do that—it's one of the most toxic things we see here. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=by:dang%20astroturfing https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...
  - weirdthings 8y ago
    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/red-astroturf-chinese-government-makes-millions-of-fake-social-media-posts/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/red-a... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Water_Army https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Water_Army https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17103136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17103136
apostacy 8y ago
Sorry my tone was all off. I was attempting to be sarcastic and call out the hypocrisy of westerners. My defense of China was purely ironic.
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dang 8y ago
Your flamebait comment upthread inaugurated this directly. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19459981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19459981 and don't do this on HN.

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weirdthings 8y ago

Check the comment history for people who post “whatabout” comments when people criticize China. Some accounts do it a lot, on many comments/posts critical of China.

dang 8y ago
This breaks the HN guideline against insinuating astroturfing without evidence. Please don't do that—it's one of the most toxic things we see here. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=by:dang%20astroturfing https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...
- weirdthings 8y ago
  https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/red-astroturf-chinese-government-makes-millions-of-fake-social-media-posts/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/red-a... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Water_Army https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Water_Army https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17103136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17103136

apostacy 8y ago

Sorry my tone was all off. I was attempting to be sarcastic and call out the hypocrisy of westerners. My defense of China was purely ironic.

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dang 8y ago

Your flamebait comment upthread inaugurated this directly. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19459981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19459981 and don't do this on HN.