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Of course, downvotes and disagreement are hardly an attack on a person's humanity. After all, what's more human than having stupid opinions?

• briefcomment 6y ago
  What’s more dehumanizing than reducing a person to an inanimate nuisance that should be swept aside? A caring human tries to change other people’s minds, instead of signaling that someone else should just go away. Heathy disagreements and downvotes are hardly equivalent.
  • srean 6y ago
    One can lead a horse to the water but not make it drink it. After many a 'leading' it can become tiresome and a times pointless to have a discussion where the participants have strongly held incompatible beliefs.
    • briefcomment 6y ago
      So then it makes sense to disappear comments? Downvoting wouldn’t be bad if comments remained, but only a few downvotes net will bury a comment point. Make it 50 downvoted net at least.