such comments were "upvoted furiously" because people agreed with it despite its caustic wording I'm well aware that people upvoted it because they agreed with

such comments were "upvoted furiously" because people agreed with it despite its caustic wording I'm well aware that people upvoted it because they agreed with the sentiment. I was trying to say that this is not a good thing, and that the name-calling (not just "caustic wording" mind you, name-calling is a different beast) should have stopped any upvoting in spite of any agreement. I'm sure many on HN would disagree, since people mostly voted those comments up.