META: My initial test argument was poorly argued (by myself), so the downvoting was what should have happened by the rules I set out; responses have arisen, and responses to them in turn, so in that, at least, it has succeed. At least one more argument has arisen, and I figure the test will take a couple of days to shake out either way. It’s actually been somewhat more successful than I originally anticipated, as I weighted the possibility that people wouldn’t want any political discussion here at all, even in this form, rather heavily.
META: My initial test argument was poorly argued (by myself), so the downvoting was what should have happened by the rules I set out; responses have arisen, and responses to them in turn, so in that, at least, it has succeed. At least one more argument has arisen, and I figure the test will take a couple of days to shake out either way. It’s actually been somewhat more successful than I originally anticipated, as I weighted the possibility that people wouldn’t want any political discussion here at all, even in this form, rather heavily.