Do we just downvote people now who contradict the majority’s opinion? As far as I can say this adds to the discussion. Someone literally said people who don’t

Do we just downvote people now who contradict the majority’s opinion? As far as I can say this adds to the discussion. Someone literally said people who don’t have their dogs on leashes are prone to violent confrontations. Then someone else retorted this is not the case for them and asked for elaboration to better understand their interlocutor’s point of view. We should not be abusing downvote privilegies by discouraging viewpoints that we disagree with, when these viewpoints are relevant to the discussion. In the long run that will be harmful to ths community here and the next generation of hackers will go to different forums, or, worse, learn from our example.