To be clear, my downvote was very much in the spirit of two of HN's guidelines: Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes

To be clear, my downvote was very much in the spirit of two of HN's guidelines: Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downmod you. See: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I didn't downvote your comment, but you're pretty clearly flouting the first guideline. If you want to be a productive part of a community, please respect the guidelines of that community. I have no problem with contrarian political remarks, as long as they're presented rationally and refrain from breaking the community's guidelines.