> This sort of bullshit (sponsored videos) should not be promoted on HN.
The original commenter says "China is X way".
Someone responds and says "China is Y way."
Everyone ought to be able to upvote/downvote, and argue + discuss to their hearts content.
I have no horse in this race, but I would have expected the person to just get downvoted into oblivion or responded to with posts like yours, containing responding counter-arguments/links, if the majority of people disagree with or hold contrary evidence to.
My reaction was less to do it about it being anything specifically related to China, and more about the principle/premise of the matter.
It could equally have been "Person 1 says eggs are bad for you, Person 2 says eggs are good for you." and I would have had the same reaction.