https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I also live in Oakland. And it's my own kids I'm referring to, so I'm not making some kind of hypothetical argument.

More importantly, you should avoid personal attacks on HN. It's poor form and trollish. The culture here is to argue, but in in good faith. Calling someone a "git", on top of that from a throwaway account, is not arguing in good faith.