That's not an accurate description of the thread, except in patches where people have been starting and fighting political flamewars. You're right that that's not ok here. Your account shouldn't be doing it either. We ban accounts that use HN primarily for such things, regardless of which side of whatever flamewar they're on. We don't care what color the flames burn—we care about not burning.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html