Defending myself is feeding flamebait? There's really nothing in the guidelines about that. The closest is: "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideo

Defending myself is feeding flamebait? There's really nothing in the guidelines about that. The closest is: "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity." In the comment you replied to, I wasn't doing battle, I was correcting a misconception. That should help curiosity and discourage flamebait. I have been very careful to not personally attack anyone that attacked me in this thread so as to not create a battle. And it worked; I received valid criticisms, did something about them, and did my best to cool the thread down by myself because I didn't see you doing anything about it. (Which I get; you're busy.) Dan, do you really want me to sit by while people attack me and you do nothing for nigh on a day? If so, I reserve the right to defend myself if I do it carefully, and I did. But it seems that controversy just seems to follow me even if I never allude to anything controversial, so my very existence on this website seems to "feed this." Because of that, you and Hacker News may be better off banning me. If you do, please ban me fully; there's no reason to do a shadowban because I'll accept your decision gracefull and won't come back with different accounts.