I can count at least three points in the guidelines[0] this comment violates.

> Be civil...Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. (could be multiple but is the same paragraph so assuming combined as 1 point)

> Assume good faith.

> Please don't use Hacker News primarily for political or ideological battle.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Fair point on the snark.

I wasn't however assuming bad faith, I was attempting to use humor to jolt someone out of uncritically adopting what I consider an asburd position (that there is any danger of a metaphorical "war on men", in any sense other than as a talking point).