[CarlitosHighway]

This touches on the actual reason, IMHO. A significant number of HN users is obviously leaning towards supporting the cult, and of course do the part which cult members are supposed to do - scour the internet for inconvenient speech and then downvote, barricade, and whine.

[xcrunner529]

Yep, all while shouting "free speech, no censorship" and claiming to abide by the constitution. How embarrassing for them.