[jsmthrowaway]

Yeah, because saying "be careful disagreeing in that manner because people use that tactic against feminists all the time" is totally sticking up for the comment in question. I'm on board with that logic, 100%. All the way. Because it totally makes sense.

Normally I'd ignore it but you're trying to be an ally. Except, you're using one of the top tricks in the book that is used against your very allies to silence them, in order to silence a troll account that you disagree with. Pot, kettle, and so forth.

[tptacek]

I am not trying to be an ally. These HN threads are beyond rescuing. My problem is that HN's immune system doesn't appear to recognize commenters like the one above for what they are. It's the immune system that needs to improve, not the logic on these gangrenous threads.

[kefka]

You make a better, albeit inadvertent, point. We'd be better off without usernames posted.

Why should we care if you think a user is a troll? Or say they are.. If they have content to add, what makes them so bad?