[happytoexplain]

Consider that the GP said,

>Mentioning AI brings out a sharply negative side of HN that I had not seen before 2023

And the parent said,

>I would say that HN was at least as sharply negative during the cryptocurrency craze

And your response was,

>The false equivalency in this explanation is off the scale.

The parent in fact said a very straightforward, non-controversial thing, and you responded in anger, as if they said something like "AI is the same as crypto".

[peteforde]

Yeah, I didn't reply in anger. Pointing out false equivalency != angry unless you are deep in the "words I don't like are violence" camp.

Feel free to respond to what I actually said, though!

[johnfn]

I'm with GP here, there is nothing to respond in what you actually said because you misunderstood the comment you replied to.