That's an uncharitable reading of HNs guidelines. I would interpret the following part of it differently: > Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag th

That's an uncharitable reading of HNs guidelines. I would interpret the following part of it differently: > Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did. My interpretation is more: HN considers polite racists to be a moderation problem, not a hook for angry shouting at each other.