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ElProlactinyesterday at 8:44 AM1 replyview on HN

> Elsewhere in this thread you insinuated that someone is a Chinese propagandist for pointing out that the US is actually aggressive in ways China is not.

Why don't you specifically point to which of my comments you're referring to? Is it my response to the dubious throwaway account https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48695288?

China is increasingly aggressive towards its neighbors, and we don't even have to talk about Taiwan.

https://ipdefenseforum.com/2025/06/ccp-fighter-jets-harass-j...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_China_Coast_Guard_and_Peo...

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/philippines-...

https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-china-shined-laser-p...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/philippines-china-sea-conflict-...

America's aggression around the world is well-documented and is deplorable. That can be acknowledged and discussed without dismissing Chinese aggression. There's no law of the universe that says only one country can be a bad actor at the same time.


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wyrdcurtyesterday at 9:58 AM

Yes, I was referring to that comment. You knew exactly which one I was talking about without pointing it out specifically, so why should I have bothered?

Now you just dropped five links in an attempt to demonstrate that Chinese aggression is comparable to US aggression, and yet none of those incidents amounted to extrajudicial execution (aka murder), which is what the person with the throwaway account was referencing.

All of it is beside my point anyway, which is that you are making assumptions about people while also asking people not to make assumptions about you.

For all you know, that throwaway account is someone who uses this site for professional development under their real name and does not want their criticism of a vindictive administration tied to them. Instead of considering that, you implied that they are a Chinese troll engaging in bad faith.

I'm inclined to believe that if someone is drawing false equivalencies and needlessly smearing their interlocutors as trolls, they are the one engaging in bad faith.

We are thoroughly off-topic at this point, so let's just end this thread here.

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