Since you quoted a rule out of context I'd like to provide the full version for ironic effect:
> Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead.
That last sentence would seem to imply you've broken the rules yourself simply by commenting about another user doing so... Which ironically I'm also now guilty of.
So we're left with two options, mods delete both our comments for violations... Or maybe we relax and hear out the GP comment...
They actually brought up a very good point that I'm sure many of us on HN have noticed in regards to recent NYT articles being quite clickbaity and generally being of a lower journalistic standards.
