Sarcastic, which is why I included /s (a de facto emoticon of such) at the end.

Although sarcasm isn't popular with some HN users, I felt that I could either post a longer, heartfelt diatribe about how this is wrong.... or I could convey the same opinion in less space and perhaps with a bit of humor by using sarcasm.

Yes, that's what /s means.

MrZongle2 is being sarcastic. Sadly, I have met the public official that would utter those words and, in fact, had uttered comments asking voters to shut up and just do what said official tells them to do.

[edit: the official was an unelected bureaucrat]

My sarcasm readings are off the chart for this one.