Just just look at seanmcdirmid's submission and post history. Shitting on China is what this account all about.
It's a total coincidence it has a ton of karma, too. Yup
It's a total coincidence it has a ton of karma, too. Yup
I believe in Hong Kong instead. And thus has so many prejudices.
This guy has quite an obsession, don't you think? Oh, right We shouldn't think. Let's just blindly eat the narrative.
It's of course difficult to remain respectful to other people when their views are remote from yours. The temptation is strong to think that they can't possibly be reasonable or fair, they must be in bad faith, etc. But after many years of moderating these disputes I can tell you that most of these perceptions are mistaken—what's really going on is that people have such different backgrounds that it's hard for them to relate to each other.
Do what you have to do.
At the same time, users aren't allowed to accuse each other of being shills, etc. - this too is well-established and also in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. If you feel that users are breaking the rules you're welcome to flag the comments or to let us know at hn@ycombinator.com but responding by breaking the rules yourself is not ok.