eatonphil has made the same point in a much better way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29817006.
They've also been extremely biased in the number of supportive comments they've deleted as well as allowing comments that are personal attacks and name calling in violation of HackerNews rules claiming "fairness."
Please support me in asking them to remove the entire thread if they can't apply the rules equally. hn@ycombinator.com
In addition to the bias of allowing Alex to go by his legal name to avoid being identified after providing extensive documentation of Alex being his preferred name.
Why do you have such a bent against victims of sexual assault and domestic violence?
(If questions like these are unwelcome, I can stop.)