https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
(We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50062384.)
HN's value lies largely in the audience its posts attract. Think about what you want the site to be. It isn't this. Or at least, it wasn't.
Also note this guideline: "If you flag, please don't also comment that you did."
In addition (or rather, in particular, because it's covered by "don't be snarky"), please don't do the internet thing of using quotation marks to make it look like you're quoting someone when you aren't.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Life is too short to let who you've heard of define your values, and your statement says more about you than them...