Pointing out that Sebastian Marshall may not have the achievements to back up his attitude is not that controversial, and in fact I think may have netted me mor

Pointing out that Sebastian Marshall may not have the achievements to back up his attitude is not that controversial, and in fact I think may have netted me more karma than anything else I have ever posted to HN. There is clearly a large, mostly silent majority on HN that thinks that Marshall is at best overrated. However, showering intensely personal abuse on both him and everyone who might disagree with you: "are there that many morons in the community", "steaming bag of shit" is hardly a way of making friends. It's not like anyone is forcing you to read about him. Why so angry?