Comment by carlosjobim

Look at the entirety of this thread. You are trying to reason with reptiles. The more you try to appeal to their humanity or decency, the harder they will double down on their psychotic behaviour.

René Girard explained this mechanism in his mimetic theory and the scapegoat mechanism. People here on hacker news are generally not fully formed human beings, and they instinctively believe that the more they group together in hate against different individuals, the more they will personally benefit. You see it here in every thread, no matter what subject.