I think it's "please don't reflexively ignore the opinion that I am about to express, which is the kind of opinion that people on the other side reflexively ignore".
Yes this is exactly why people are prefacing their comments with such details, because after participating in enough HN discussions on topics like these you'll quickly realize how reflexive people can be - down-voting and flagging without any charitable interpretation or engaging in nuanced and informed responses that tease out the important themes of the discussion.
