alt Hacker News> IMO a small blog website is not going to get pulled-up for this
Well, maybe not the typical engineering blog but I think if you're a puritan some posts/texts from Aphyr probably reaches borderline "adult content", so I'm not that surprised Aphyr rather play it safe and also make a point at the same time.
It's "playing it safe" in the same way that wearing full hockey gear to go to the store is "playing it safe".
He is either making a political point or excessively paranoid.