| Hi, Honestly, I wish I had made a throwaway for talking about "political" topics. This account was meant for my more professional stuff. For various reasons I gradually "came out" and rebuked a few hate and war mongering posts. And your comment sounds much like one I believe I made days ago about the rise in anti-China/Eastern smears getting attention on HN. Please do respect my privacy, but I am an actual, verifiable person who has no affiliation with reputation management, psyops intelligence groups and so on in any country (neither private nor state groups btw). What I've posted is true, and many others have expanded on it. Some of their supportive posts I'll try find time to research and confirm myself! "Facts as a weapon", well that's flattering--"pen mightier than the sword" sort of vibe. But having my history looked into, my identity found, employers contacted in efforts to have me fired, that is scaring me. That's a weapon governments use to squash dissent against their use of fascism, and I don't see it as good use of facts as a weapon. My immediate thought is to delete all my posts, change my usernames everywhere and shut down professional accounts. But then the pushers of Chinese occupation, invasion, suctions, proxy-wars or general weakening of a state I admire (at least above others) get a gold star. Anyway, I'm going to stop posting. Hopefully I can find another username I like when I want to post about product releases. |
Even showing actual facts can get you in trouble.
I have definitely learned a lot from your posts and hope you do keep them up.