[xenophonB]

Yeah, weirdly this ludicrous standard is never applied to leftist politics, for example suggesting that any criticism of inequality could "escalate" into the Holodomor or the Killing Fields of Cambodia, so therefore its important not to "normalize" such behaviour.

[dang]

We've banned this account for using HN primarily for ideological battle, which is an abuse of the site and explicitly against the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Please don't create accounts to do that.

[lghh]

That's because there is a strategic difference between talking about inequality and making fun of someone for having a name that's different than yours. One has an upside, the other doesn't.

[pedrosbmartins]

How is that even a valid comparison? It is logical that making fun of people for characteristics related to race could be escalated to more serious racist behavior, and therefore should be discouraged. But where is the logical connection between criticizing inequality and committing genocide?

[bulletsvshumans]

In the case of Cambodia, I think the connection being suggested is that the genocide targeted "professionals and intellectuals"[0], essentially the bourgeoisie, or the wealthy (it was a communist revolution). So criticizing inequality is being framed as a slippery slope to killing rich people.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Fields

[6AA4FD]

I think they might be alluding to things like "kill all landlords" which are I suppose jokes for some and simply calls to action for others.