This community is hosted on blahaj, an instance that disables downvotes. None of us locals have the option to downvote, nor can we see downvotes. Apparently other instances can downvote and those do federate to instances that enable it. So if you're being downvoted, its because people from other instances disagree with your statements. Downvotes are not a indication of this community's opinions. We can only disagree through replies.

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