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Why is it suspicious that an HNer wants to get in touch with a like-minded individual?
In isolation, nothing.
Oops. That should read: "In isolation, it isn't."
Intel apologises in China over Xinjiang supplier statement
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Re: Intel apologises in China over Xinjiang supplier statement
#482It's interesting to see that people on both sides are angry -- for different reasons. People on western Internet are angry at Intel for having issued an apology. People on Chinese Internet are angry because they view it as a non-apology, i.e. Intel still goes ahead with the ban. I see people -- including Chinese diaspora -- calling for banning Intel.
Hey, my favorite CCP shill, FooBarWidget: What is your official stance on Xi's new chair?
Posting like this is a bannable offense on HN. You can't attack another user like this, no matter how strongly you disagree with them. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29739415 for a longer explanation.
Re: Intel apologises in China over Xinjiang supplier statement
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>[FooBarWidget is] a CCP apologist par excellence, so you shamelessly referencing propagandists is not as surreal as initially perceived, just some casual undercover shilling. >well over 99.9% of internet complaints about astroturfing and shillage are demonstrably unfounded, and also full of poison that we don't want here). This is firmly in the 0.1%. https://twitter.com/honglilai
Sorry for the delay. You were quite wrong about that, and what's worse, wrong about it in a poisonous way (I'm sure unintentionally). The evidence points decisively to that account being a person of Chinese background who simply has different views than you do. It's natural for people of different backgrounds to have different views. If you can't stretch to accommodate that, and instead need to apply labels like 'ast…
Hey dang, seriously are you completely delusional or are you so open minded that your brain fell out? That guy is following and retweeting actual paid propagandists for which is enough documented evidence out there and you're still preaching some completely out of touch nonsense, what the hell is wrong with you man?
You realized yourself that this guy is talking nonstop about china for the past years, did you bother to read for a second what this guy is actually regurgitating? They are certified CCP talking points white washing and justifying ethnic cleansing, are you that stuck up and confused to be blind to that?
You criticize people who call out dangerous and manipulative narratives, but protect those who are demonstrably and with certainty propagandists, citing guidelines which they are also clearly breaking to begin with.
Instead of copy pasting those guidelines try reading them yourself once in a while. You probably would even classify a holocaust denier as someone who has 'just strong opinions'. Go touch some grass Dang, this forum has completely melted your brain and spare people your self righteous stuck up babble.
You either have some severe conflict of interest in this discussion or extremely naive and out of touch or straight up evil. My bet is on all three.
Re: Intel apologises in China over Xinjiang supplier statement
#484Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry for the delay. You were quite wrong about that, and what's worse, wrong about it in a poisonous way (I'm sure unintentionally). The evidence points decisively to that account being a person of Chinese background who simply has different views than you do. It's natural for people of different backgrounds to have different views. If you can't stretch to accommodate that, and instead need to apply labels like 'ast…
Hey dang, seriously are you completely delusional or are you so open minded that your brain fell out? That guy is following and retweeting actual paid propagandists for which is enough documented evidence out there and you're still preaching some completely out of touch nonsense, what the hell is wrong with you man? You realized yourself that this guy is talking nonstop about china for the past years, did you bother…
You're underestimating the number of HN users with a Chinese background or some China connection (work, marriage, family, travel, study) whose experiences have led them to hold different views than you do. That's perfectly legitimate, and the idea that they must automatically be propaganda accounts is deeply inhumane. I don't want to work on a site where that sort of poison—including the poison in your comment—is considered ok.
My GP comment links to cases where users were abused and even hounded off this site by ethnic/national mob behaviors. Those users were innocent—the evidence for this was overwhelming. It was the mobs who were at fault. I think that's shameful. Like most HN users, I sympathize with underdogs, and seeing people get ganged up on gets my dander up. I'm confident that the vast majority of the community here would agree with me about that—at least when their own passions (and fears) aren't activated. None of us want to be that sort of community, but it can easily end up that way by default, so we need to take conscious care to avoid it.
I've asked FooBarWidget to stop posting exclusively in China-related arguments, because that's against the site guidelines in its own right, but that's hardly proof of, or even an iota of evidence for, the cloak-and-dagger fantasies that internet users love to sling at people in minority positions. Those accusations are against the HN guidelines for deep and good reasons. Therefore you can't post like this here, and I've banned the account.
One sign of how foolish these fantasies are is the certainty with which internet warriors declaim them. They never weigh evidence or consider other possibilities. It's always "demonstrably and with certainty"! What good fortune to be surrounded by enemies who are so evil, yet so dumb as to give themselves away at every turn. It's the best of all worlds: a chicken in every pot, a communist under every bed, and a spy (or three) in every internet thread.
What's poignant is that the users who get abused so dramatically in Western forums like this are often the very ones trying to defend and articulate the West to their communities back home—where they no doubt encounter similarly xenophobic feelings on the other side. They're in an impossible position. You don't have to agree with them, but you do have to drop the Boris and Natasha routine if you want to post to this forum. It is cartoonish and incurious, and would be silly if not for its malicious effects.