I think someone who believed in earnest wouldn&#x27;t state it so plainly but yeah, Poe&#x27;s law.<p>The real sin of my comment was not being constructive. But it&#x27;s awfully hard to be constructive when the reward is to be written off for not being a member of a politically <i>privileged class</i>.<p>Thanks for pointing out that comment got killed, which demonstrates those incentives. Things (on HN at least) do seem to be getting better - it was at least upvoted before the thought police got here. It&#x27;s funny how short &quot;nonconstructive&quot; comments elsewhere are basically ignored, but apostasy of modern religion simply cannot stand!<p>I advocated for these issues back when that served the goal of mutual understanding. Now their general form is used to perpetuate a lack of understanding - just another peacocking distinction for the age old groupthink bullying. I do feel sorry for the individuals who are actually different, currently serving as talking points by the clusterfuck of feel-gooders. They are the ones who will personally have to endure the inevitable closed-minded backlash after the popularity spotlight moves on.