The fact that you made a second comment, yet provided absolutely no refutations of any of the points in the original comment under discussion, suggests that you

The fact that you made a second comment, yet provided absolutely no refutations of any of the points in the original comment under discussion, suggests that you cannot refute their points. Although, the phrase "What HN needs is less engagement with useless, time consuming misinformation, and more outright rejection of it." instead suggests that you are of the totalitarian nature that prefers to suppress dissenting thought entirely, so I'm not sure what to think.