> it scares me that such malicious and petty people might have power How do we get from "I am being downvoted" to "malicious and petty people"? That looks like

> it scares me that such malicious and petty people might have power How do we get from "I am being downvoted" to "malicious and petty people"? That looks like an issue. You said you have no problem being wrong, twice, but immediately assume anyone who downvotes your comment is malicious, when it could be a signal that your comment is just not hitting the right notes.