While it's unclear to me whether it's ever off-topic to point out problematic slurs (would you think similarly if the OP had written "they got rid of a faggot..."?), I guess this exchange signals a mutual agreement between myself and the modal HN user about whether we want to interact.
Anyway, you are getting downmodded for two reasons:
1: because staunch edited his post so your reply no longer makes any sense.
2: Your reply was totally offtopic.