Also, the mods were heavily in the thread and flagged most of my comments calling the soldier a war criminal. I wonder how many ex-IDF have worked at ycombinator companies.
The guidelines apply regardless of the topic, and regardless of who you're replying to. There's no point having guidelines if we only apply them in cases where it's popular.
For the record, this is the comment that dang replied to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39158222.