A lot of readers reflexively downvote comments that have lines such as: > I know how alarmist this comment sounds, and I fully expect it to be downvoted becaus

A lot of readers reflexively downvote comments that have lines such as: > I know how alarmist this comment sounds, and I fully expect it to be downvoted because it contradicts the politically-correct utopian vision of immigration that we're all expected to hold. (Emphasis mine) From the HN Guidelines[1]: > Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downvote you or declare that you'll probably get downvoted. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html