Too many people in these discussions treat the issue as a false dichotomy. They fail to take two things into account: 1) Downvoting and responding aren't mutua

Too many people in these discussions treat the issue as a false dichotomy. They fail to take two things into account: 1) Downvoting and responding aren't mutually exclusive. 2) Downvoting and the presence of comment that already states the exact reason for the downvote aren't mutually exclusive. You downvote one post and upvote the comment that explains the downvote. You really wouldn't want everyone that downvotes a post to repeat the same reason over and over again.