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Your example is valid, and you added the disclaimer of brutal honesty, but I had an instinctive negative reaction to the fact that you used your own comment as the prime example of karma injustice. (Ev-psych story: holding oneself up as the victim of injustice might get a person what they want, but it often comes off as a strong signal of low status.)
As a point of style, this would be something to avoid where possible.
ETA: This... looks harsher than I intended. I was hoping to give advice about an aspect of navigating this kind of social world, not to attack the quality of the comment above. Maybe I need to eat dinner before commenting again.
I agree with your general point, but look at the specifics of this case. MrHen's addendum in the 90-point post is:
and links my very 12 point comment as being an excellent one. And note that I said I was being "brutally honest" (i.e. an admittedly candid opinion) and that it bothers me, not that it's something wrong in a more objective sense.
There was a reason for that phrasing, and I trust you adjusted for it.
(I expect brutally honest to warn that the honesty reflects poorly on someone else. "I must admit" would "to be honest" make me expect a more self-reflective admission.)