This is how cults work. Another example is Republicans who believe in Trumpism and QAnon. It is quite reasonable that those persons can use a defense of insanity, because they are brainwashed (i.e., not in control of their minds). It's how cults work.

I didn't make cults. And I didn't make people join them.

Why does providing basic facts break rules of HN?

You made the statement in a personal way, so responding with a generic argument won't cut it here. Telling someone "you are sending clear signals that you are not in control of your own mind" is a personal attack—this couldn't be more obvious. Please stop doing that so we don't have to ban you, and please stop posting flamewar comments as well. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

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

It's not a personal attack. It's a statement of cause and effect. When a person is programmed to think and believe a certain way, to the point of operant conditioning, that pattern in the brain fires first. By design. That's the purpose.

In terms of the "flamewar" claim, (1) did you also warn the other person? (2) Just because the truth doesn't make people feel good doesn't make it less true. Stoking a flame can be a subjective experience depending on one's personal position about a topic.

> please stop posting flamewar comments as well

Okay. Noted. Will do.

I did warn the other commenter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36935242. But in general, we need you to follow HN's rules regardless of what other people are doing.

(I don't mean just you personally, of course, but everyone here.)