I was once on a then-popular news/opinion site. The owner implemented an upvote/downvote system as part of his shift to the left.
If leftists down-voted you, you were likely to get banned.
If someone down-voted a leftist, the person who issued the down-voting was likely to get banned. It was all about eliminating dissenting voices.
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Leftist politics in general are “all about eliminating dissenting voices.”
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