And he was totally blasted by his own fanbase for it. Everyone might say something, once in a while, too far. Doesn't make it right, but doesn't make him completely wrong on everything.
This is a sort of risky situation. I'm willing to invest time and energy in helping anyone who sincerely wants to use HN as intended. But it's actually a considerable effort. It's draining, because these discussions are so repetitive, and also because they're so adversarial. One spends a lot of effort on the boring task of weatherproofing whatever one says.
Such questions can amount to a DoS attack on moderators, because of the time it takes to patiently answer them, which then can't go into other things we might do to make the site better. If you want us to invest those resources into helping you understand the intended use of HN, you need to clearly establish that that is your good-faith intention.