Yes, if. If that is what the community is saying. May I suggest an alternate "if", based not just on your statement, but on the general tone of this whole art

Yes, if. If that is what the community is saying. May I suggest an alternate "if", based not just on your statement, but on the general tone of this whole article? I just feel like if the Hacker community is saying "react emotionally based on if we like Tesla or not and just yell at each other without trying to communicate", then maybe I don't want to be a Hacker anymore.