Not in my experience. I mean, people are people everywhere, but IMHO HN is exceptional is this regard; I see less of it here than almost anywhere else.
> unless I agree with the elites in Silicon Valley, that my opinions and facts are not wanted or cared about.
The phrase "elites in Silicon Valley" conveys a lot. It throws some (unknown) individuals into a group, characterizes them all as just a stereotype, pigeon-holes them all into being representatives of it, and accuses them in the next sentence of abusing this role that someone else put them in. Personally, I don't know who the phrase refers to; I find that the responses I get here rely much more on the soundness of my fact, reasoning, and expertise than on premeditated opinion, and the quality of my communication.
> You're commenting too fast. Slow down. (In other words, shut the fuck up and go away.)
That's produced by an algorithm; I wouldn't take it personally.