You bring the interesting question into the mix:

Would we rather have an environment which attempts to make everyone comfortable, safe, and - unoffended and untriggered?

Or would we rather have an environment which attempts to give everyone the right to say what they wish, in the way they wish, without having to self-censor, and - quite possibly end up saying things that are hurtful or uncomfortable to others?

This question is at the heart of many disagreements in online communities. To me, in the past HN started off as a place where censorship and tone-policing was more rare, but as time progresses it becomes more and more an environment that is about tone-policing and preventing discomfort or offense.

I can't claim that either dynamic is preferable to the other.