There is a reason I phrased it as a question. Thanks for clarifying this; comment redirected to the downvoters who haven't seen fit to articulate a response.

There is a reason I phrased it as a question. Thanks for clarifying this; comment redirected to the downvoters who haven't seen fit to articulate a response. Out of curiosity, what does one have achieve on HN in order to get downvoting ability in the first place? EDIT: No, I clearly screwed this up by presuming and I apologize to johncoltrane for that. It doesn't change that no downvoter, nor johncoltrane, has been able to justify their position. Are they against criticism of this kind on HN? Because I think that's a tenuous position. Do they believe it's not really a risk to users when CEO's set a tone by editing for their personal agenda, or that such isn't relevant to HN? To me, those would be reasons not to upvote... but in this case, downvoting without comment suggests that these are simply liberals who dislike Trump supporters and cannot separate that from the involved principles.