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Why is this kind of comment allowed on HN? I see no difference between this and a comment a person paid by some government/organisation hostile to China would w

Why is this kind of comment allowed on HN? I see no difference between this and a comment a person paid by some government/organisation hostile to China would write. This person is spewing nationalistic hate without any sources and arguments. Almost nothing in the comment is falsifiable. Can dang elaborate on this issue? Are comments of this kind usually removed or not? I'm thinking of writing a browser extension which would remove those from new and problematic users. I come to HN to avoid this stuff.

allovernow 7y ago
This was all verifiable in real time and is consistent with the behavior of authoritarian regimes. You want to pretend China isn't interning Uigurs as well? Hell, that doctor whistleblower who ended up dead from the virus was officially "admonished" and forced to publicaly apologize for "spreading rumors". The world isn't the Disney movie land that most Americans grew up. Plenty of organized evil exists throughout the world.
- u10 7y ago
  Trying to claim that the United States has some moral high ground above China is laughable. China has certainly committed plenty of human rights violations, but so have plenty of Western nations.
  - kyleee 7y ago
    Who made that claim?
    - u10 7y ago
      This whole thread? The basis of the argument is that China is authoritarian regime that we should not be doing business with.
      - allovernow 7y ago
        >The basis of the argument is that China is authoritarian regime that we should not be doing business with I don't think anybody is saying that. What I'm saying is that criticism of the Chinese response/government is neither sinophobia nor nationalism.
  - Der_Einzige 7y ago
    Laughable? The US does some pretty bad shit but the Chinese treatment of it's millions of ungyrs and confirmed organ harvesting of prisoners outweighs all the domestic bad shit that the US has ever done

allovernow 7y ago

This was all verifiable in real time and is consistent with the behavior of authoritarian regimes. You want to pretend China isn't interning Uigurs as well? Hell, that doctor whistleblower who ended up dead from the virus was officially "admonished" and forced to publicaly apologize for "spreading rumors". The world isn't the Disney movie land that most Americans grew up. Plenty of organized evil exists throughout the world.

u10 7y ago
Trying to claim that the United States has some moral high ground above China is laughable. China has certainly committed plenty of human rights violations, but so have plenty of Western nations.
- kyleee 7y ago
  Who made that claim?
  - u10 7y ago
    This whole thread? The basis of the argument is that China is authoritarian regime that we should not be doing business with.
    - allovernow 7y ago
      >The basis of the argument is that China is authoritarian regime that we should not be doing business with I don't think anybody is saying that. What I'm saying is that criticism of the Chinese response/government is neither sinophobia nor nationalism.
- Der_Einzige 7y ago
  Laughable? The US does some pretty bad shit but the Chinese treatment of it's millions of ungyrs and confirmed organ harvesting of prisoners outweighs all the domestic bad shit that the US has ever done