Yes, you have huge amounts of karma, so yes, you’re right that you don’t need to care about the downvotes. That said, someone who has been here as long as you h

Yes, you have huge amounts of karma, so yes, you’re right that you don’t need to care about the downvotes. That said, someone who has been here as long as you have and has accumulated as much karma as you have presumably does actually understand how to raise the level of the discussion, even on complex political topics where it’s frequently difficult to do so.