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Sure it does. This may be a case of "objects in the rear view mirror are larger than they appear", i.e. people underestimate how provocative their posts are by at least 10x.

US healthcare differences are a classic flamewar topic and nationalistic flamewar is particularly ugly and pointless. Your comment wasn't thoughtful/substantive, it was snarky/hyperbolic. Ergo flamebait.



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