To your first question, 100% yes given that you've accused me for being condescending against programmers and hence the majority of users on this site for no reason. Then you accuse me covering up a "mistake" by deleting a comment that I did not. In fact there isn't even an option to delete comments that have been replied to, which you admit to doing above.

Edit for the record: these were our comments that are hidden unless turning showdead on

1 point by 1lint 2 days ago [flagged] | root | parent | prev | next [–]

If I was dismissive of programmers I wouldn't be on this site.

ESTheComposer 2 days ago [flagged] [dead] | root | parent | next [–]

That's not even close to what my comment was about. Reread it please