I don't know how other people feel. I'm as frequent on Reddit as on HN but the rules are stricter on HN than on most subreddits. It is highly doubtful that calling names could be good for "communicating the right messages." In any case, if you don't want to abide to HN's rules, then please go somewhere else!

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Downvoting for being right in principle, but wrong in practice: It is you who deserves being called names. HTH!

There's really no reason why we couldn't be direct while staying civil.