Yeah, the tone was not ideal for persuasive writing. I just found myself astonished to witness a volume of downvotes, not only on this post but also on my orig

Yeah, the tone was not ideal for persuasive writing. I just found myself astonished to witness a volume of downvotes, not only on this post but also on my original post on this page which did not have the same exasperated tone, that across the board was orders of magnitude greater than anything I've ever seen on HN, but without a single comment from the downvoters to try to explain themselves, which really called into question why there are so many people on HN who have managed to accumulate enough karma to downvote but who are also both (1) dumb enough to be hostile to every post on the topic of global warming that doesn't treat it as a made-up conspiracy, and (2) ovary-less and/or ball-less enough not to offer any explanation why they are downvoting.