Sure, as a side point I'm not exactly concerned about up/down votes. It was more a musing about a weirdness in downvoting behaviour; and whether there was some

Sure, as a side point I'm not exactly concerned about up/down votes. It was more a musing about a weirdness in downvoting behaviour; and whether there was something unintentional I was doing as a cause. I don't mind upsetting people where the upset is due to a view of mine conflicting with a view of theirs. In this way, I'm very comfortable being downvoted. A downvote here is a signal of saying something worthwhile. I find people agreeing with each other, on mass, a bit alarming if anything.