[colin_fraizer]

A generally reasonable guideline, but in this case, I am actually criticizing the tribalism that makes people rise to that bait.

It similarly leads to the discussion of how "I can't believe Linus is trying to defend SHA-1 when The Tribe already knows it is cryptographically 'bad'."

[grzm]

If you are taking the view that you're expecting downvotes to prove the point that people who are trying to uphold community standards are doing so blindly or ignorantly, you'll very likely think you're proven correct when you do receive downvotes. Can you blame them? You're explicitly flaunting the guidelines they choose to abide by while telling them they're wrong to do so in your special case.

[recursive]

ahem... "flouting"

[grzm]

You're right, of course. Thanks!