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Let’s be balanced; China is not as bad as Nazi Germany. Not even close. But it is true that this soft cultural erasure that they are attempting is very evil.

Let’s be balanced; China is not as bad as Nazi Germany. Not even close. But it is true that this soft cultural erasure that they are attempting is very evil. Lol me: let’s be balanced You: DIE APOSTATE Usually I’m the one going all nonlinear! That’s my job guys!

gbfnbkbddf 6y ago
Lol the CCP already has a track record for genocide several times worse than Hitler's and they've only been in power ten times as long but sure
ravenstine 6y ago
So they're not putting people into ovens yet, but besides that... China has concentration camps, is committing genocide, harvesting organs from ethnic minorities and dissidents, has an elected dictator, performs ethically questionable scientific research, encourages its citizens to rat on each other, uses an oppressive surveillance system, has the desire to rapidly expand its territory, and has basically no concept of human rights. If they're not one-to-one comparable to Nazi Germany, they're pretty much as bad, if not worse in some areas(though I'm sure the Nazis would have been as bad if they had today's surveillance tech).
- dang 6y ago
  Nationalistic and ideological flamebait and flamewar are not welcome on HN. This was well over the line. No more of this please, regardless of which nations or ideologies you have a problem with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - ravenstine 6y ago
    Dang, if you think my comment is out of place here, that's fine, but don't mischaracterize what I wrote. Nothing I said was nationalistic or ideological; it's objectively true and reported upon by mainstream media around the world. In the context of my comment, I don't have a "problem" with China. I'm pointing out that China's human rights violations, which are recognized by the international community, are very similar to a certain historical regime cited by the person I was replying to. If this is off limits, then fine, but this sort of overreaction on your part only makes this community less interesting. By the way, what do you define as "flamebait"? Nothing I said was "flaming" the other person. There wasn't even a flamewar. The closet to that was my comment getting downvoted, which I don't even care about. I'm not going to argue with you, but anyone reading this should at least know how you interpret it. Maybe it'd be helpful if you were more specific: Should we not comment on a country's human rights violations? No argument from me either way.
    - dang 6y ago
      It's much shallower than that. You posted over-the-top language about a country, complete with Nazi references. Please don't. It makes internet threads really shitty. If you don't think "So they're not putting people into ovens yet, but besides that" is flamebait I'm not sure what else to tell you.

gbfnbkbddf 6y ago

Lol the CCP already has a track record for genocide several times worse than Hitler's and they've only been in power ten times as long but sure

ravenstine 6y ago

So they're not putting people into ovens yet, but besides that... China has concentration camps, is committing genocide, harvesting organs from ethnic minorities and dissidents, has an elected dictator, performs ethically questionable scientific research, encourages its citizens to rat on each other, uses an oppressive surveillance system, has the desire to rapidly expand its territory, and has basically no concept of human rights. If they're not one-to-one comparable to Nazi Germany, they're pretty much as bad, if not worse in some areas(though I'm sure the Nazis would have been as bad if they had today's surveillance tech).

dang 6y ago
Nationalistic and ideological flamebait and flamewar are not welcome on HN. This was well over the line. No more of this please, regardless of which nations or ideologies you have a problem with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ravenstine 6y ago
  Dang, if you think my comment is out of place here, that's fine, but don't mischaracterize what I wrote. Nothing I said was nationalistic or ideological; it's objectively true and reported upon by mainstream media around the world. In the context of my comment, I don't have a "problem" with China. I'm pointing out that China's human rights violations, which are recognized by the international community, are very similar to a certain historical regime cited by the person I was replying to. If this is off limits, then fine, but this sort of overreaction on your part only makes this community less interesting. By the way, what do you define as "flamebait"? Nothing I said was "flaming" the other person. There wasn't even a flamewar. The closet to that was my comment getting downvoted, which I don't even care about. I'm not going to argue with you, but anyone reading this should at least know how you interpret it. Maybe it'd be helpful if you were more specific: Should we not comment on a country's human rights violations? No argument from me either way.
  - dang 6y ago
    It's much shallower than that. You posted over-the-top language about a country, complete with Nazi references. Please don't. It makes internet threads really shitty. If you don't think "So they're not putting people into ovens yet, but besides that" is flamebait I'm not sure what else to tell you.