I do not consider this to be a legitimate reason for downvoting a comment; comments should be evaluated on their own merits, and not on those of the post to which they are attached.

I'm not prepared to defend it as legitimate, but it was a factor in my decision to downvote, and I was trying to be reasonably honest.

Please note that I really don't like talking about karma like it's important, and this dialogue, qua dialogue, is now over.