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by simonswords82 481 days ago
@dang perhaps you could pin https://u24.gov.ua/ to the top of the comments?

Either way, I've donated 50 bucks; seems like a great way to show support on a difficult day for Ukraine.

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FYI, "@dang" doesn't do anything; HN doesn't have @-mentions. If you have suggestions for the mod team, you should email hn@ycombinator.com.
An explicit endorsement of Ukraine seems a little weird as an official stance from HN.
Weird in what way?
I guess he's saying that hn is "non tilted/neutral" toward any political stance, and as such pinning a comment to a Ukrainian donation gov website could be seen as "supporting" someone
Neutrality is bullshit for cowards who want to profit from both sides. Neutrality is siding with the aggressor.
It's an age old debate for sure but "bullshit for cowards" isn't reasoning about it, it's propaganda wording just as easily employed by the aggressor trying to silence people who don't support the war. Since there's no need to mask the real reasoning here, why employ those kinds of attacks?
I could have written it nicer but I was annoyed. Thanks for calling me out.

But I stand by the point. What is not clear? If A attacks B, and B would be happy to revert to back to state before the attack, then C saying it's not it's problem, it's neutral or that it only supports "peace" (letting A win by making B surrender) is not C being neutral. It's direct support of the attacker.

Agree
Sounds good, but if you want activism, then maybe a venture capitalist site is not the best place to organize it.
You just need to spin it the good way...

Donating to ukraine. Now, with ai

real
Most come to news.ycombinator.com expecting see ycombinator activities and content from fellow users, not to find out what Dang's latest endorsement is. When we all feel a certain importance to something content about it appears and bubbles to the top automatically.
It's commendable and brave to publicly stand up and show that you have values. I wish more people understood that by watching Zelensky over the past three years.
especially with pg trying to suck up to president musk