I've had to warn you before about using HN primarily for nationalistic battle and flamewar. I understand that it's a different situation when you're representing a minority viewpoint in defense (I'm imagining myself into your position here) of a disparaged group that you either belong to or know a lot about. If that's the case, fair enough—but you still have to follow the rules, and by focusing overwhelmingly on one flamewar topic, you're not doing that.

Moreover, you're not just defending, you're playing the same flamewar game that the others are, with tedious "no you" disparagement and name-calling about the West which mirror the things you're objecting to. That's not cool.

Worse yet, you're crossing into personal attack. I know how difficult it is to resist these temptations, but everyone who posts here has to follow the rules. You're breaking them, and we need you to fix that. Whether you're breaking them as badly as the next person is irrelevant.

I've put a ton of time and energy into the difficult task of convincing HN commenters to be level-headed and decent when addressing China/West geopolitics during this time of heightened propaganda and nascent enmity: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... I've stood up repeatedly for HN's Chinese users, and/or users of Chinese descent, and/or users who have a family or business background in China, for their right to share what they know on the site and not be attacked or hounded off. What you're doing here, unfortunately, undermines that.

If you want to post in the spirit of sharing knowledge and helping to overcome ignorance and prejudice, you're welcome to do that. If you're just fighting a nationalistic battle from the minority side, that's as bad as the comments you're objecting to, and you're damaging this site. That's not ok.

I realize this asks more of you in terms of dignity and self-control than it asks of the users who are in the majority position and therefore under less pressure. That's not fair, but it's how group dynamics work, it's the same all over the world, and it isn't going to change—we have to play the cards we're dealt. If you can find it in yourself to post in a spirit of respect and patience, no matter how ignorant others are or you feel they are, that would be lovely. But if all you're after is "triggering folks", we're going to end up banning you. I don't want to ban you, so would be grateful if you'd please fix this. Currently, you're giving ammunition to the lame and foolish accusations that we're trying hard to combat here.

If you do want to help overcome ignorance and increase understanding, here are two things you can specifically do that would help a lot: (1) find things to agree with in the comment you're replying to—this is nearly always possible (if not, you probably shouldn't be replying), and establishes respect and good faith. (2) Scrupulously eliminate every trace of pejorative language from your own posts, regardless of how wrong the other comment is or you feel it is.