Not because the ban, but because of this single comment (https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/6shf5j/i_work_a...) I'll retract PART of what I said. Perhaps all is not lost, but I adhered to HN policy where I didn't personally attack any HN user as previously outlined. Still, I am now shadow banned and "dang," perhaps you will be the only person to read this. Perhaps none will. Its a website, we both know accounts are a dime a dozen. I have no desire to try to unwind your idea of what HN is, should, or could be. Hackers ask questions, sometimes and oftentimes without permission of the folks being "hacked". If a community portraying itself as a bastion of speech by this community cannot handle dissenting opinions, however harsh, wrong-footed or verbose they may be. Welp, I'll just say "ok", and we'll see our different ways. You can see the upvotes and downvotes on my comment and you see they leveled at zero. The community is split. Realize that. Cheers and truly, best wishes!