We've banned this account. Personal attacks aren't allowed here, and certainly not nationalistic slurs.

Breaking the site guidelines will eventually get your main account banned as well, so please don't.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

user may be Chinese national, but name calling ("brainwashed") probably isn't the best way to encourage the sorts of open dialogue that will be necessary to change their views

Lucky 10000: Go look up the etymology of "brainwashing".

lol... nice find.

brainwashing (n.) "attempt to alter or control the thoughts and beliefs of another person against his will by psychological techniques," 1950, a literal translation of Chinese xi nao. A term from the Korean War.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/brainwashing

Ignoring or tolerating a violent ethno-nationalist ideology isn't going to make things better either.

agreed, unreservedly.

still, namecalling these users doesn't solve anything. and i'm sure it's against the community principles.