They aren't "lashing out" because of the content of the post, but rather the Reddit-level (and yes, thought-terminating, unnecessarily antagonistic and comically reductive) quality of your comment that somehow still doesn't actually contribute anything to the conversation.

Hi! Please refer to the HN guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Specifically the last section: "Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills."

I didn't say HN was turning into Reddit. I pointed out your comment specifically and individually as being of poor Reddit-level quality.

Might want to re-read the rules yourself, since your comments in this thread seem to have been flagged out of existence.