Oh it's not really for them. See, if you don't state the obvious that such people are disgusting little twerps it gets brought up as an example of the things evil tech industry people really think but won't say.
So you're basically putting on a show for people who are spectacularly wrong about the obvious and loud about it?
Don't feed the trolls. That includes the people who think anyone who disagrees with them is a .ist, .phobic troll.
You know people can joke without believing in the stuff the joke is about, right? If someone thinks that the jokes people tell are their believes ... that tells bad stuff about them, not about the jokers.
HN downvotes jokes, even jokes that are funny, and I prefer it that way.
Ironically also a great way to perpetuate the nerd stereotypes :)
It's a great way to keep our community unique and worth visiting. The world is full of vapid joke comments (anyone can make them).