I deleted my main account recently-too much time spent on the HN/reddit.

I would not currently express beliefs like this on something that could be tied to my meatspace identity. I am an academic in a department with lots of international students and while I am not now prominent-I could become prominent and anyone with both eyes open knows how the chinese government responds to external or internal criticism.

I would be in the future be willing to accept that type of attack-but not over an HN comment.