This pointless flamewar began by breaking this site guideline: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize." There are plenty of other plausible interpretations you could have reacted to, especially since the comment used the phrase "homeless people" a couple of words later in the same sentence.

Worse, you went for personal attack downthread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17787724). We ban accounts that do that, so please don't do that here.

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