[dang]

Yes, because the comments are offtopic and against the site guidelines (see the bottom of https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).

"I the noble freethinker, standing bravely against the mob" comments are boring and repetitive, and therefore always off topic.

[roflyear]

It's exactly my point that it's impossible to be critical of these guidelines on here, and I think that's a problem.