Anyone thinking I was serious is a canary in the privacy coal mine.

That being said, I suspect it was just an unfortunate use of words (current / right leaders) that might lead some people to think I was being politically tribal. (nothing could be further from the truth)

I get that it is sarcasm, but disagree with the implication that the OP was suggesting complete surrender.

If you don't like it, walk away, seems reasonable to me. We don't own these corporate web sites and can only vote with our eyeballs (so to speak).

I thought (still do) OP was being sarcastic too and I was just playing into it.

Ive seen sarcasm downvoted here before, its usually a literal crowd here on HN

A “literal crowd” sounds mildly pejorative. I think it’s more that HN prefers productive, rational discussions. Sarcasm is passive aggressive and a more circuitous route to the point than a literal one. Last, sarcasm isn’t usually even funny. When it is, it’s only funny to those who are with the point.

Critical feedback is still actionable. We don't need to guard adults from hearing difficult things and feeling difficult emotions.

That’s not what’s being suggested at all though. The problem with sarcasm is it’s boring but feels oh so clever to the person who writes it.

Let’s say block headed and pretty dumb.

Name calling is rarely useful. It certainly is not in this case, in addition to be patently false.

I downvoted because to me it tried to say what someone else should not talk about.

I don't disagree that wrong things should not be tolerated and that giving up and accepting is no answer.

Whenever someone tries to tell a complainer to shut up, I frequently point out that in the entire history of the Earth, not one thing ever got better by accepting things as they are. It's one of my favorite things to point out. So I'm very much in the reject giving up camp.

But I don't think it's necessarily giving up or cooperating to merely explore any and all other possible solutions to any given problem, and that comment struck me that way.

My impression might be unjust, and so by disclosing it I may take a few arrows myself, but for once, one is explained. :)