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Re:No politics please, we're hackers, too busy to improve th... by aaron-lebo on Friday June 02, 2017 @10:21AM (#14470076)
Here's an example.

The parent post was at +5 and now it's in the grey. The downvoters don't bother responding, they just downvote, because differing opinions aren't welcomed.

Re:No politics please, we're hackers, too busy to improve th... by dang on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:44AM (#14470728)
It's presumably because you're breaking the HN guidelines by complaining about downvotes and calling names (in the sense we use the term), and posting unsubstantively while complaining about the lack of "informed discussion".