The comment was not only downvoted but flagkilled. It takes time for the community's reaction to settle.

There's something more important though: you helped make this horrible flamewar worse. If you post something like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16946815, you have no basis to complain about others.

If you saw a house on fire, or a forest, or a city park, I'm sure your first reaction wouldn't be to pour fuel on it. Please bring that instinct for good behavior here too. It's not as obvious that it's needed, but it is.