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I think you have a very negative view about the Chinese. Shame the Chinese? Excuse me?
by yeukhon 8y ago
I think you have a very negative view about the Chinese. Shame the Chinese? Excuse me?
- crushcrashcrush 8y agoWould you shame someone who catcalls women? I’m shaming a culture who contributes to the distraction of endangered species. I don’t see the issue
- dang 8y agoA billion people is not "someone". The issue is that you're making pejorative generalizations about an entire population, which crosses into national slur—or at least dips a toe into that toxic waste. Not ok here. Please don't "shame the Chinese" or "shame a culture" on Hacker News. Turning HN into a battlefield helps no animals, and there are infinitely many ways to make your points without violating the site guidelines. Please review them: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- dang 8y agoYou're right. It's not ok to "shame the Chinese" on Hacker News, or to shame any other population. It sucks that it has become necessary to say that, but group behavior is unfortunately volatile and degenerates quickly. I'm sure that crushcrashcrush wouldn't deliberately shame someone in person just because their background was from China, or anywhere else. The world at large is headed into more of this, so for HN to succeed, it needs to get a little less like the world at large.