(edit: It seems that it was sarcasm! I didn't detect it!)

You'd think the HN crowd, with access to a lot of information, probably higher education, and basic knowledge of history, would be smarter than this, but maybe not.

_at the moment_ lul

You got it!

How do you know what you need to hide?

That's an awfully suspicious question to ask, don't you think?

I downvoted you even though I know you're being sarcastic. The reflexive use of snark and sarcasm is bad. Poe's law (observing the difficulty of separating sarcasm from actual nastiness) identifies a real problem: reflexive snark is easily weaponized by people who argue your position sincerely and use you as cover. They can always say they're trolling until suddenly they're not.

As a German, I gotta ask: Is this a reference to Martin Niemöller's "First They Came"?

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

Almost certainly

Natürlich.

Sacred shit guys. I was hoping the sarcasm would shine through with the "at the moment". But yes, this otherwise deserves all the downvoting!

HN crowd really is not beating the allegations with these replies.

Define the “you” you are talking about please.