My perception is that people downvoted you because your comment was a mean spirited shot which contributed absolutely nothing to the discussion, not because they disagreed with you.
How was I whining? I just made an observation about the amount of downvotes, I thought the change in the voting system was interesting. Not whining but it looks like I've burned about 40 points here.
So apparently people believe that the world is just great for the overly-sensitive. Weird.
Anyway, here's your chance to downvote me a second time!