That's debatable, to be sure, but do you have a similar example from an HN discussion? I don't think I've ever seen a mean post in the context of an HN discuss

That's debatable, to be sure, but do you have a similar example from an HN discussion? I don't think I've ever seen a mean post in the context of an HN discussion that wouldn't have been improved by removing the meanness, or simply deleting it.