It wasnt an unrelated tangent. It's directly related to the drivel in op.

Tangents are always related at some point. The problem is not where they start, but what they lead to. If they start from drivel but lead to hotter drivel, like internet ideology wars, HN gets much worse. Please just avoid generic ideological battle here.

Fair enough, although I think it's unavoidable when you're talking about what I think to be essentially made up terms.

It is odd that your comment was “ideological battle” but not the original article. I guess the original was sufficiently jargon-laden.