I don't know if it is. I just know people down vote you if they disagree with you without trying to explain why you're wrong or shouldn't have said what you said.

But that has always been the case.

Your post is toxic in itself.

"similar to" and "pushing to" are weasel words.

I skim EVERYTHING. And in light of this, anything fishy is easy for me to just ignore.

HN has strong moderation. I only use two sites daily, both of which are heavily moderated. If something is really offensive, I trust the mods to deal with it appropriately.