Comment by kragen

Why? People who are racist against Chinese people are still allowed to comment on HN, as long as they aren't making racist comments. And in this case Hoy's apparently racist comment was eight years ago; there's no evidence to suggest it's an ongoing pattern of behavior—unlike her other patterns of behavior on prominent display here, which add a lot of context to the main topic of discussion here, which is Hoy's interaction with Ghost. In fact, Hoy has explicitly rejected racism against Chinese people in this discussion, a step she wasn't willing to take eight years ago.