Wasn't the parent comment before it already a pretty unsubstantive comment? Why allow that and then ban people for responding to it?
How is China more of a threat to other countries' sovereignty than America?
How is China more of a threat to other countries' sovereignty than America?
Second, I wasn't responding to just the one comment but to an obvious (and very bad) pattern in the comments by that account. Note "you've been doing it a lot, unfortunately". The reason we'd ban an account is because they posted one comment like the GP, but because they're making a habit of breaking the site guidelines.
I hope it goes without saying that these moderation calls involve no relative assessment of threats to national sovereignty.