Please stop using HN for ideological battle, especially in this thread.

You're far from the only account doing this, of course, but (perhaps due to randomness) I've noticed several places you've done it in this thread, in contradiction of both https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203452 and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Hey Dan, you're probably not having a good time moderating this thread, so good opportunity for me to say thank you for dealing with this place daily. It's really nice to have a space, and we appreciate what you do for us.

No, this violence is from a deranged person who shouldn't have had access to a firearm in the first place. No culture wars please.

I thought empathy was optional?