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Weird, because I remember you claiming that it was a moral imperative to lick the government's boot a few months ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747587

Has anything changed your mind since then?

Worth noting that the commenter you're replying to is only LARPing as a centrist. The comment history of his other (now-banned) accounts are directly at odds with some of the "truths" he claims to have realized.

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=complianceowl

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=owlcompliance

If you're truly curious:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions

But judging by your other recent comments, I suspect that you are not asking this question in good faith.

If this were the HN of ten years ago, I might have expressed similar sentiments.

Between the comments in this thread though, and the complete lack of moderator attention, I can only come to the conclusion that xenophobia is perfectly fine on HN - provided you couch it in the appropriate rhetoric and don't use any mean words.

Re:Feds Try Secret Grand Jury to Unmask Reddit ICE Critic on Friday April 10, 2026 @09:53AM (#47718206)
For someone who constantly whines about political advocacy on HN, you sure do engage in a lot of political advocacy on HN.
I've suspected that Rayiner's posts were held to a different standard of moderation than others for _quite_ some time. Thank you for explicitly confirming this.
> The conservatives have made it clear that they support the rule, but it needs to be done right.

They have _said_ that they support the rule. In recent years, conservative judges have said a number of things that don't hold up to any amount of scrutiny.

The current administration explicitly condones violence against political rivals. "They" seems fair.
Re:US Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade [pdf] on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:02PM (#31864413)
This is an absolutely _wild_ take. What "leftist" positions are you referring to? Be specific.
> The company wants to make debt collection, if not kinder or gentler, then certainly more efficient.

Yikes.

Re:Have I Been Pwned? Data breach master list with API on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @11:58AM (#11290576)
How do you think he is violating the law?

He's storing email addresses that have already been leaked, and providing a free service for those who are concerned they may have been compromised.