To me, this site is about consistently seeing well thought out and educated comments, not a place to let everybody express their viewpoint or opinion just becau

To me, this site is about consistently seeing well thought out and educated comments, not a place to let everybody express their viewpoint or opinion just because they have one. I never hesitate to upvote comments which are not in line with my thinking if they are insightful or well constructed or come from an authority on the subject matter or most importantly clearly have more than 2 minutes educated thought behind them. I will always downvote comments which are shallow, reactional, blatantly wrong, or of the 'my opinion matters' type. Most people know very little about everything, and I like how this site and the voting tends to value those who can bring something of value to the table over those who feel like they should be heard but only have shallow (if any) knowledge. Because of this, I will continue to downvote comments which I believe do not belong here, even if the comment presents an alternative view.