This world is full of the people who don't like others' to express their opinion. I have seen this on facebook. I have many followers on Facebook who support me and I also have seen many who don't agree with me. I never try to disrespect who is holding opposite opinion. It is not bad to think differently but some people make it the prestige issue. They like everyone to obey what they order them to do. These types of people are bullies.
Steemit is even worse than Facebook and twitter on this matter. One can block the abusive people on Facebook and twitter but on Steemit, a powerful bully can destroy a minnows account whenever he likes. Some people downvoted my comments without saying anything. I thought they were not agree with me. I think Steemit should have dislike button. Flagging should be done only when one is spamming, scamming, plagiarizing or harassing others. Nobody should be allow to put gag order on others.