Edit: I am pro-no-government (read: geographical monopoly on violence).
Hopped on Steemit this morning and saw that @dbroze had been flagged
for posting his interview with Dr. Andrew Wakefield regarding vaccine injury. This is a high profile figure and we have a Steemian interviewing him regarding a topic that affects all of our lives, basically.
The accounts associated with @berniesanders, @nextgencrypto, etc, flagged the post into oblivion for “draining the rewards pool.”
I took the issue up with this same heavily vested individual in the @yougotflagged thread. He said basically he just disagreed so he downvotes all of this “nonsense.”
I mentioned that I understand there are no rules for flagging, but I appreciate those discussions that are being flagged, and don’t appreciate my upvote being wiped out, or the comments and posts being made invisible.
This same individual has flagged the mother of a vaccine-injured child’s comments invisible as well and is effectively killing discussion here on Steemit.
I fully support the freedom of @berniesanders to flag whatever the hell he wants.
This is a stake-weighted, decentralized voting platform and should stay that way. I support @berniesanders in his right to do this.
I also support the MARKET THAT VALUES FREE EXPRESSION KICKING BACK.
I fully disagree that conversations I value related to the health and well-being of my child (I want to hear both sides and value the discussion) are “nonsense.”
My vote for @nextgencrypto is removed. I find these knee-jerk reactions to be ultimately detrimental to freedom of expression here.
UPDATE: Now my 100% upvote on Derrick’s post about being flagged has been wiped out, as the post has been flagged into oblivion by this same hyper-religious fellow. No worries, I didn’t need that SP.
So, to this individual hell bent on removing the value/money/time placed by authors and voters in posts they esteem: with all due respect, fuck you, and fuck off.
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)