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Not really. Up until this morning, my comment had a positive number of votes; it is now very gray. It was not an ad hominem attack. It was a critique of the
by mmm_grayons 6y ago
Not really. Up until this morning, my comment had a positive number of votes; it is now very gray. It was not an ad hominem attack. It was a critique of the author's value more than his proposed policies, but I certainly read the article.
- calcifer 6y agoI wasn't really talking about your comment, which is probably the only non-ad hominem gray comment so far. As for why you might be getting downvotes, I'd guess that "any system that limits how rich I can be is bad" is very disagreeable for most people and the voting reflects that.
- mmm_grayons 6y agoWell, I didn't say that explicitly, but I'd definitely agree with that. I'm definitely okay if removing corruption inherently limits the amount of wealth one can acquire, but a system that explicitly does that is antithetical to the value of non-aggression and is a tremendous violation of property rights. Nevertheless, my objection was to the use of "voting as disagreement". That's what comments are for.
- calcifer 6y ago> Nevertheless, my objection was to the use of "voting as disagreement". Oh, well that's a long lost fight. No matter how platform holders define a downvote, it has always meant I don't like this and there is too much inertia to change it.