[tempfortwitt90]

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[striking]

It's boring flamebait. I don't disagree with you but I've read this comment a hundred times and it doesn't seem especially necessary in this conversation compared to any other.

[slashdev]

I could see that. It's irrational, but people are often irrational.

[mistrial9]

polarizing people into "us versus them" as the intro sentence has one aim only; not welcome here.

[lamontcg]

You're probably getting downvoted by: 1. antivaxxers (there's a pile of them here on HN). 2. toxic positivity (people who think you are the problem because you're being so negative). 3. reading comprehension challenged (lots of people just don't parse sarcasm and irony well at all). Those three add up to a lot.

[rootusrootus]

First on the list is probably the folks who are tired of reading uninspired political comments about the opposition. Whether I agree with the sentiment or not, I can recognize that it serves no useful purpose. Nobody who reads what I write here is going to change their ideology as a result.

[nequo]

I think you might be getting the down votes because antivaxers will always find a way to justify their vaccine fears, so it is futile to insert them into the discussion when it isn’t about them.

[_a_a_a_]

Some HN'ers aren't very bright, is all.

[peterfirefly]

I take massive downvotes as a sign of my being right.

I got massively downvoted on reddit in 2014 by putinbots, for example. I also regularly get downvoted here when I'm right.

[_a_a_a_]

That is both arrogant and 95% of the time wrong. Accordingly, I have upvoted you. Take it how you will.