The longer things stay vague, the more I become concerned that this may be a scenario that is so common that it has an enduring meme [0], where:
1. The person claims that a broad swathe of facially reasonable and views are being rejected or forbidden in a way that is an unfair overreaction.
2. Pressed, they refuse to provide any concrete details, even in a safe context.
3. They are actually facing difficulty from a much much narrower--or entirely disjoint--set of view.
In this case, OP has claimed the average HN commenter is hostile to a general class in the form of "our liberty has been improperly infringed by a false appeal to security", especially national security.
I don't think that claim is credible, and I'm offering to demonstrate it by rattling off a bunch of counterexamples... However, that won't mean much if it turns out OP real grievance has some important details they are trying to keep secret.
1. The person claims that a broad swathe of facially reasonable and views are being rejected or forbidden in a way that is an unfair overreaction.
2. Pressed, they refuse to provide any concrete details, even in a safe context.
3. They are actually facing difficulty from a much much narrower--or entirely disjoint--set of view.
In this case, OP has claimed the average HN commenter is hostile to a general class in the form of "our liberty has been improperly infringed by a false appeal to security", especially national security.
I don't think that claim is credible, and I'm offering to demonstrate it by rattling off a bunch of counterexamples... However, that won't mean much if it turns out OP real grievance has some important details they are trying to keep secret.
[0] https://xcancel.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174...