> Not sure why there are so many salty comments. Russian invasion of Ukraine represents a regression to colonialism.

Reads to me like the people have no problem with the idea of boycotting countries or products one doesn't align with as much as OP's apparent hypocrisy and selective application of his reasons.

But I say "apparent" because he doesn't flat out condemn invasions. He says he had no problem with the smaller scale invasion going back to 2014, or the many other invasions around the world, they were fine. Only the "full-fledged invasion of Ukraine" in 2022 crossed the boycott threshold for him.

This could leave a bad taste at best for some fellow HNers.

Coz colonialism never went away - Iraq, Afghanistan, the CIA overthrow of multiple elected governments, the French yoke over Africa, the Hague invasion act, etc.

As OP points out you can boycott Hacker News too if you want to take a principled stance on any group tangenially linked to colonialism.