It stepped noticeably away from the specifics of the article and noticeably into generic flamewar topics. Other commenters predictably responded in kind, just with more indignation and lower-quality comments. This is how flamewars get started and it's clearly traceable to this root. If you want more explanation, I've written more in a sibling (cousin?) comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26255991
The general principles are repeated (ad nauseum, I'm afraid) here:
