You do tend to get Downvoted when you say it. Depending on the thread I think it's either people annoyed that they're seeing his name at all, and people who do

You do tend to get Downvoted when you say it. Depending on the thread I think it's either people annoyed that they're seeing his name at all, and people who don't like seeing their guy getting criticized, but either way the result is the same. HN does generally swing much righter than the rest of the internet, too.