Having seen first hand how HN cast judgement on anyone speaking out against Elizabeth Holmes, and really any 1) woman or 2) minority, and seeing people going so

Having seen first hand how HN cast judgement on anyone speaking out against Elizabeth Holmes, and really any 1) woman or 2) minority, and seeing people going so far to feign outrage with comments like "What the fuck? I can't believe this is tolerated on Hacker News", I'm partial to this whole thing. On one hand, we should be standing up and saying "Hold on, regardless of what trifle thing triggered you today, that person might have a point"; on the other hand, if an institution, community, or website cannot defend themselves against this pithy nonsense, then I don't see a reason to bother with it at all. On HN in particular, the voting system is dumb and allows for imbecile mobbing, but never mind that. >Reached at his home on Cape Cod, Professor Pinker, 65, noted that as a tenured faculty member and established author, he could weather the campaign against him. But he said it could chill junior faculty who hold views counter to prevailing intellectual currents. I guess a third option exists which is the one that Mr. Pinker has chosen to pursue, which is to simply not give a fuck. I quite like that.