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Independently of political opinion, I believe your edit and anger at downvotes are due to misunderstanding the etiquette of the forum. Forum moderators have repeatedly described the culture here as "downvote without a comment is a perfectly fine way to express disagreement, but of course it would be better if you also comment".


Downvoting is fine. I expect it. The comment was flagged down twice in a row, each time in under 20s.

I can virtually guarantee that it will be flagged down again once I stop paying attention.

Edit: sure enough, the comment was flagged down again.




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