This. You are the person every online community has who brings up his own pet topic, even if it's not even remotely related to the thread. That is the primary reason I downvoted. It's nothing but obnoxious.

I agree politics shouldn't be discussed on LW, but I'm not the one who started the whole 911 thing. The first post on that topic was from Robin Hanson on OB, later EY made at least two postings on that topic on LW, and then it has sprung up sometimes in reference to conspiracy theories, etc... if it was possible to raise the topic in the first place it should also be allowed to present dissenting views.

Given the reception you get here, time and again, consider looking for a more suitable forum for your fringe ideas. Otherwise you will keep finding yourself in this situation.

It is just as rude of you to continue to bring up a topic that we have told you time and time again we have made up our minds on and do not wish to consider any further.

I typically am quick to downvote if I see rudeness, but I will always make an exception when it is responding to you bringing up the same topic again with no new information or evidence.

(Note: This is not a request for more "evidence". I have no interest in whether or not the US government is responsible for 9/11. It is not a helpful use of my time to consider that question as I have nothing to gain from changing my mind, if that were even possible.)

Alternatively I would suggest that there is some betting market, every time you down/upvote something you are making a bet on your karma, so if it later somehow turns out that your bet was "wrong" you will lose karma, but I'm not sure how it would be possible to implement this.

This is a very interesting statement given that I and others have repeatedly suggested that to get people to listen to you about 9/11 issues you could use Intrade, PredictionBook, Longbets or make a specific bet with someone here.(Example discussion one, example discussion two).

So apparently you want to make other people risk resources but not yourself. Do you see why this sort of attitude is going to prompt downvotes? (And of course, I'm still willing to make a monetary bet along the lines discussed earlier.)