Oh, don't say that. Better for people to say stupid things and be debated over them and evolve their opinions than for people to politely say nothing at all and remain fools forever.

Hacker News was a wonderful place for college-age unalone to work out his thoughts and stances with people who like telling each other how wrong they are about everything. I've said some very dumb things under this account name, and I don't regret saying any of them.

This is one of the stated purposed of HN. To let YC applicants have an extended group interview.