OP (what is the correct description here?) is perhaps exaggerating a bit, but to be fair I also noticed a general "Apple cannot do any wrong" culture on HN. I can't point off hand to specific threads but is just a feeling I got from checking comments and seeing what was down voted or up voted.

It is somewhat frustrating when a community like HN does this but on the other hand the upsides of the HN community by far out-weigh the downsides.