Comment by ratg13

>I know these timeouts are a policy decision to keep people from posting angry things

You assume this is the case, but really it's likely more just to prevent people from trying to dominate the conversation.

There's not that many posts or comments on HN (compared to other "social media"), so it's good to let other people to have a chance to chime in, instead of just railroading other participants.

If your comments have merit other people should be able to support your argument. You don't need to be a one man information army.