That would be "being off topic".

But what I did was being counter-general-HN-sentiment, which is different.

I replied on the same topic, added counter arguments (which few of my commenters did --instead, they kept it on the personal level, Batista this and Batista that, like here)

>- there's nothing insightful about that position (which just seems to mirror normative culture)

So, normative culture has nothing insightful to offer? Hundreds of millions of people beg to differ.

I'd rather say that it's the prevalent position that can be described as de facto normative, and the prevalent position on the thread happens to be the opposite of mine.

So, could a counter-position be insightful? Or is just nodding in agreement and adding another argument in favor of the prevalent thread position insightful?

>There are some statements that are just not worth arguing against and are tangential to the point of distraction.

And, as always, people fail to mention which. Or argue against them, since, as they claim, it's so "easy".