[dtwest]

I thought this was a great comment until the petty jab at the end. Being concerned about this issue and being "disgusted at the idea of Chinese people learning science" are clearly different things. Don't let a few bad apples cloud your view of the rest of us.

[knzhou]

Honestly, I've been on a lot of online forums, and Hacker News is by far the most combative and jingoistic I've ever seen.

[dang]

If you see such comments you should bring them to our attention by flagging them or, in egregious cases, emailing us at [e-mail] about them. This is something we moderate heavily:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

I've written extensively about it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21195898

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19404162

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21200971

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21195089

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20741930

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20720787

Skew is inevitable on certain issues given that HN demographics are (though highly international) mostly Western. But that doesn't mean that people get to post slurs or use the site for nationalistic flamewar.

[knzhou]

Thanks, I do appreciate the even-handed moderation here!