Is it really so bad to call out a throwaway account created for the sole purpose of violating HN rules? Calling someone a coward for throwing insults at me from a throwaway account is hardly inappropriate.

The fact that you had to ban his account pretty much proves my point.

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30580008

Just calling things what they are.

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30577434

There is no attack here, not even the mildest hostility. Pointing out that someone is talking out of their ass isn’t an “attack”.