Admittedly, the post is very ranty, but that doesn't take away from the the issue itself. Picking apart the person behind the argument does not lessen the issu

Admittedly, the post is very ranty, but that doesn't take away from the the issue itself. Picking apart the person behind the argument does not lessen the issue either. By doing so, you are only trying to detract from the seriousness of the issue via a borderline ad hominem response. Finally, at no point in the post did Asher Wolf mention Hacker News, it was directed at the greater hacker community.