Hacker News is not a singular person; however, there is a small but extremely vocal minority that insists on picking fights, yelling about "Republicans" (ambigu

Hacker News is not a singular person; however, there is a small but extremely vocal minority that insists on picking fights, yelling about "Republicans" (ambiguous collective), calling people names (anti-vaxxer, Nazi, fascist, etc.) with impunity. The thing is, the vitriol only works if you let it. Some people are angry, like being angry, and want to be angry all the time. The reasons they're angry change with the political winds, but the underlying current of energy remains. I don't think most people on HN are angry. You're just affected more by angry comments than rational, calm ones. It's an emotional bias. This is why it's important to not use social media for the vast majority of one's time; angry people have a way of creating more angry people around them.