TLDR for this HN thread: The problem posed by the mix of technical issues and ethnic prejudices in this "bug report" is apparently more complex than what the HN community can deal with. This is a low point for the quality of discussions on HN.
When I looked (2 hours after your comment), the top comments were pretty sensible. Looks like downvoting works.
true that. which immediately shows how excellent the HN community still is, because i've seen far lower points on every other social site i know. good going, guys!
Well put. I cannot imagine what more evidence pg needs for collapsable threads or trigger-happy moderators than that thread.