FWIW in this case I appreciate the rather appropriate reply. If such comments simply disappear, it sometimes feels like all that protects HN are the two or three Moderators doing their duty. I feel more reassured by knowing the wider community will not tolerate such behavior. And it also sends a stronger message, one where these people can not delude themselves into thinking they are representative of us, and/or “speaking truth to power”.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead.