If I say something that anyone here even remotely disagrees with, I am down voted.
This is why people like me will stop coming here and eventually leave the HN community completely.
The fact that opinions aren't objective doesn't magically make them all worthy of consideration. HN is basically an online dinner party. If someone makes ugly statements in the middle of a conversation, the rest of the participants aren't obliged to stop and say "now, now, that's something we have to consider." They'd most likely just roll their eyes and move the conversation on to something else.
Down-voting is basically the digital equivalent of the conversation participants rolling their eyes and trying to continue on with the conversation.
I will keep posting this until I get my point across.