Is HackerNews a safe-space for programmers? If you say anything negative about PG or silicon valley, you are downvoted. If you don&#x27;t follow its rules, you are banned. If you don&#x27;t have the same opinion as everyone else, don&#x27;t follow the strict posting guidelines you are kicked out. It&#x27;s philosophy is all fund raising capitialism, if you try something crazy you don&#x27;t get funded.<p>Isn&#x27;t HackerNews just an extreme safe-space for SV programmers?<p>Ok ok ok. I&#x27;m not trying to say they&#x27;re the exact same. But what I am saying in response to your post is... so? That all sounds fine and totally reasonable. I don&#x27;t see a problem.<p>I am amused how in the past two weeks the word &quot;safe space&quot; has been weaponized by the liberal left. First they demanded safe spaces. Then they were laughed at on a national scale. Now they throw back &quot;oh yeah... well YOU&#x27;RE a safe space so fuck you!&quot;. I&#x27;ve seen it in multiple contexts and expect to see it more.