This bigoted, anti-religion, ad-hominem ranting would result in a stern chastisement, or even an outright ban by dang for "ideological flamewar" were it not pos

This bigoted, anti-religion, ad-hominem ranting would result in a stern chastisement, or even an outright ban by dang for "ideological flamewar" were it not posted by a user with 14k karma points. And it's far from the only such comment DonHopkins has made on HN (he even continues by quoting Wikipedia rants about "Christian colonialism": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26660365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26660365). Yet HN mods have the gall to claim that "reflexive," combative commenting is not allowed, and "reflective," truth-seeking comments are what's required: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26548649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26548649 Clearly, certain users are allowed to say whatever they want on HN. If HN were honest, it would go ahead and give them orange checkmarks. It would also not be allowed if it were against any religion other than Christianity.