Personal attacks are not allowed on HN. Your comment would be a fine one without the second sentence, which (apart from a personal attack) carries no information.
If I'm a PHP dev and I say (without any good evidence) that all security problems come from not using PHP, contradicting me is not a personal attack. Or is it, in your world?
> contradicting me is not a personal attack.
You've moved the goalposts though. If I contradicted you by saying you were lying for personal gain, that would be.
Even if I think that misleading-statement A stems from personal-interest/experience/bias B, bringing B into the discussion is a form of personal attack.