It's astonishing how quickly these things come back to the surface and feel ok and perfectly justified. They're not ok, they're not justified, and this is no way to react to the atrocities and suffering happening right now.
And if a sanction is punishment, we are not allowed to discuss if sanctions and what level of them is okay?
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Edit: you've already managed to break the site guidelines repeatedly in multiple threads on multiple topics. That's not a good sign. If you'd please review the guidelines and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
It's another to say "you are all at fault, even if indirectly, and so you all deserve to be punished."
That second comment would violate at least "be kind" and "comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."