Hello @foryoubtc09 

I have enjoyed your writing style but on this particular instance I tend to disagree with your opinion and I feel that we should be able to have differences of opinion and express them - the vote buttons are essentially that, they actually support free speech because if you don't like something you have the choice to use the downvote button or not, very similar to being in a discussion with a person and being able to say

"No, I actually do not agree and I don't like this conversation" - this happens all the time in real life. 

I personally feel that this is something that Facebook, Instagram and even YouTube now are pushing - that you are only allowed to express an opinion if it is supporting and positive, if it opposes someone or could potentially make someone take offence, then you essentially need to CENSOR YOURSELF instead of being able to healthily express an opposing opinion/feeling or line of thought. That is very skewed. I have been downvoted and I don't say anything about it - that person is expressing and exercising their right to not like my content for whatever reason. 

It is not going to prevent me from creating content and I know that what I write is not going to appeal to every person, I'm not expecting it to and I'm not trying to write for everyone on Hive, I'm writing for me and sharing it, those that like it will respond and gravitate towards me and possibly upvote me, those that don't will move away from me and possibly downvote me. That's life and that's perfectly OK in my opinion.