Why is lack of taxability "knee-jerk emotional dribble"? It's a serious obstacle to BTC being used as currency. Also, why has "emotional" been used as a critic

Why is lack of taxability "knee-jerk emotional dribble"? It's a serious obstacle to BTC being used as currency. Also, why has "emotional" been used as a criticism twice in these comments already? Is Hacker News hosted on Vulcan now and I just missed the memo?