mean-spirited

That's the meaning of basic health care - and to deny it to anyone is illogical and mean-spirited.

Down-votes should be for things that are just stupid, effortless, or mean-spirited, not for opinions that are just unpopular.

So many of the things you've written in this thread are wrong, and even worse, incredibly mean or mean-spirited.

Scalia is obnoxious and mean-spirited (and in fine form this time), but he's a really good writer, the fun- to- read kind.

Side note: >> anonymously down-voting / reporting someone's opinion just because it's not yours is just as mean-spirited as calling someone names.

I suspect you didn't really mean to connect those two, but it sounds kinda mean-spirited.

The second half of your comment transitions from weird to mean-spirited, as you begin speculating about people you don't know and their reasons for changing jobs.

This is the most presumptuous and mean-spirited comment I've ever received not just on HN, but in my entire history of being online.

You come across as a jerk, mean-spirited, and ignorant.

Wow, what a really mean-spirited comment, and it's the top one (at the time of writing.) -- did you consider what you said here before writing it?

Moreover, I'd like to add anonymously down-voting / reporting someone's opinion just because it's not yours is just as mean-spirited as calling someone names.

Apple has clarified that >We have removed apps from the App Store that use the Confederate flag in offensive or mean-spirited ways, which is in violation of our guidelines.

Moreover, I'd like to add anonymously down-voting / reporting someone's opinion just because it's not yours is just as mean-spirited as calling someone names." I've stopped up/down voting all together for similar reasons.

I find the idea of someone declaring what's "not okay" for everyone else to be as upsetting as a boor telling a mean-spirited joke and insisting that nobody should be offended because it's just a joke.