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I just don't understand why you'd make this comment literally 2 minutes after writing the original one.

1) you can still edit the original to add this remark if you really want to, although it's frowned upon

2) initial downvotes mean nothing, I've had comments go to -10 before jumping back up to +30 few hours later. Why would you complain about it within 3 minutes of posting is beyond me.

My first read on your comment was the tone in it is inflammatory and designed to provoke vs make a point or a validate argument. That is likely why you were downvoted. I can very much be accused of doing the same thing in some of my comments on emotional topics and in general the results are not as good as if I had framed things as a statement or a question without being emotional. YMMV.

Don’t know why anyone would downvote you. It’s a valid question.

And success! Lost more points than I could've hoped for.