>I belief it is disingenuous to try to discuss such issues without addressing the elephant in the room. Anyone would agree. >I also felt the imagery (angry mo

>I belief it is disingenuous to try to discuss such issues without addressing the elephant in the room. Anyone would agree. >I also felt the imagery (angry mob/pitchforks/etc) more than subtly pointed in that direction. This is HN - reply to what's written. I'm not saying people don't have agendas, it's just doesn't justify ridiculous derails. There's enough places outside HN (e.g. Twitter) where it's accepted that everyone is a shitflinger striking blows for team red and team blue, their actual messages being worthless.