I believe the term "skepticism" is, many times, just a curtain to hide plain and simple ideological bias. But this is not exclusive to HN. Reddit is the same,

I believe the term "skepticism" is, many times, just a curtain to hide plain and simple ideological bias. But this is not exclusive to HN. Reddit is the same, although in a more leftist way, while HN has more conservatives. But it is funny how each place has its own paranoia and conspiracy theories.