Self-censoring is plainly wrong. You have a human right of free speech - use it! I never care if people vote me down. I have been downvoted often. It's just a

Self-censoring is plainly wrong. You have a human right of free speech - use it! I never care if people vote me down. I have been downvoted often. It's just a convenient way to censor unwelcome messages. If people don't want to listen to you even when you have good arguments then the downvoters aren't worth your opinion. Their response however points out if they have something important to say which could question your point of view so that you can use it to advance your own view.