A lot of readers reflexively downvote comments that have lines such as:<p>&gt; I know how alarmist this comment sounds, <i>and I fully expect it to be downvoted</i> because it contradicts the politically-correct utopian vision of immigration that we&#x27;re all expected to hold.<p><i>(Emphasis mine)</i><p>From the HN Guidelines[1]:<p>&gt; Please don&#x27;t bait other users by inviting them to downvote you or declare that you&#x27;ll probably get downvoted.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html</a>