I completely agree, HN is not a safe space. That is why I feel justified in blatantly calling out a comment I see as disrespectful. I didn't try to "outlaw" his comment - I upvoted the comment, as I upvote any comment I feel encourages or needs discussion.

> I upvoted the comment, as I upvote any comment I feel encourages or needs discussion.

And for that kind of thinking alone, I upvote this comment of yours. Kudos and respect to you.

I too upvoted this. Your other posts I didn't touch, either because I don't feel qualified to judge them or because I didn't agree.

As others I found you somewhat incendiary but I am still surprised by the massive downvoting you seem to have experienced :-/

Don't try to outlaw speech because it's disrespectful, and don't try to outlaw dissent because it's critical of disrespectfulness. Goes both ways.