Isn’t there a max of -4 per comment anyway? I’ll admit I get upset when people downvote me for my opinion, but I don’t think deleting the comment is ever really worthwhile.
It also disruptive to anyone who comes here and sees replies to a deleted comment and can't see the context.
Amen. I try to quote what I'm referring to for just this reason. I have been searching for some sort of browser plugin that would do it for me like many mail clients that were "newsgroup aware" of old, but alas none yet.