There were about 10 comments on the brand new thread at the time. I replied in context to someone saying "these people" are trying to "destroy the country" and have written openly about it. There was not enough context at the time for me to research further, so I asked for more information.

I'm not aware of any HN rule for you to need to be a subject matter expert to participate and ask questions.

I'm not across "neofascist" playbooks, but I assume if you provide evidence backing up a claim you've made then it strengthens the claim to those reading it.