That's not true. There are many cases of posts coming to HN that have more than italicized text to make its case. We have someone here posting they know here, and indeed has a cyberstalker. That's a step in the right direction, a 3rd party providing information.

And I'm not suggesting, in any way, that KickStarter shouldn't respond (at this point, it would be insane not to).

What I am saying is that we shouldn't be assuming KickStarter is in the wrong at that this Rachel has been 100% honest and has told the complete story. That is all.