There's no hostility. There are plenty of comments from mods, including the discussion on Political Detox Week, that discuss politics on HN, which are actually helpful rather than just observations.
What? Well I'm sorry my comment was not helpful to you. In the future should we judge everyone's comments with respect to someone in a position to offer better information?
For example, here is a comment by you:
>Disclaimer: I don't have a comp sci degree.
>I've found having an understanding of the underlying theories supporting the tools (that includes languages and libraries) I use makes me use them better, understand their strengths, weaknesses, and how to improve them. It also helps me look at problems from various perspectives and see how other solutions may fit, including those that don't already have a tutorial or library.
>I suspect that if you're an effective programmer, you're doing more than copying and pasting and growing in experience, and you're actually absorbing and apply more computer science than you realize.
You also post observations without being an authority. That is fine. You need to relax with the, yes, hostility.
Here's one such comment:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13522433