Some people do react to all, but the parent comment that I commented on just mentioned the spacex situation, like it's something new, while this is just the continuation of what's be going on for months.

And I've certainly seen people on HN trying to defend grant cancellations, Harvard attacks, NSF firings etc. I obviously can't be sure what those people's opinions are on the spacex threats, but I conjecture, that many of them don't like them, while they were ok with the attacks on universities, science agencies.

Cancelling contracts out of spite or for revenge without due process is wrong in all cases. Including SpaceX. Though I have to say it’s entertaining to see Musk’s own companies be effectively DOGE’d.

"I obviously can't be sure what those people's opinions are on the spacex threats, but I conjecture, that many of them don't like them"

Your original comment didn't mention that you were conjecturing anything, you just stated your conjecture as an observation or a fact.

Less charitably, this is called building a straw man.

> I conjecture, that many of them don't like them, while they were ok with the attacks on universities, science agencies.

This is a good point. If you imagine something in your head in a particular way, it is not the same as if you imagine it differently in your head. For example, if I imagine that all dogs are boys and all cats are girls, it paints a different picture of the world than if I imagine that there are both male and females of both animals.

It is a curious phenomenon

Nearly all of them were flagged (at least initially).