I certainly wouldn't put it that way. But since you sound sure, I'll ask the same of you as the OP: please provide links to specific posts that convinced you of this view. From my point of view it's hard to imagine what those would look like. But perhaps I'm missing something important.

HN doesn't seem to me to consist of like-minded people. If it did, I wouldn't have to spend so much time asking users not to berate each other.