Flags are to be reserved for people breaking Steemit rules, like copyright. Flags are NOT for when you disagree with a post.

This isn't true.

My vote holds very little weight. And doesn't lower your payout or reputation. It's merely a protest downvote.

And I don't merely disagree with your post, I find that your post is destructive. That is my opinion and I downvoted based on that.

You feel that your presentation of this matter is doing good for humanity and I think that it is bad for humanity. That's my opinion, so I downvoted.

If I was a whale I would need to be more judicious in who I downvoted. If you ask whales about how the downvote button should be used you will get many different answers. Don't presume to know how this site should operate in all ways.

If I were to downvote your other posts out of spite, then you will certainly have a case. If I were to not upvote posts that were in my opinion helpful to the site or merely well done, then I would be ashamed of myself for not giving you your just reward. Please understand this. If your posts were to present facts, not use many fallacies to try to appeal to peoples emotions and not use the testimony and anecdotes in such a way as to get knee-jerk reactions out of people, I would upvote your posts!

I would love nothing more than to have a civil debate over the issues the medical profession have in general and about vaccines specifically. We all stand to gain from just such a debate.

If you would like to discuss this in chat some day I would love to have us come to a better understanding on this.

Lastly, this is our site and there will be a push and pull between the users to shape it the way they would like. In me you have found someone that doesn't like some aspects of your message, so expect some pushback. I'm a reasonable person and willing to concede points. Shall we both try to go where the facts lead us? The "truth" is somewhere between us. I can't and won't say you are entirely wrong.

Are you willing to say the same about my position? Are you willing to budge if rational arguments are presented that refute what you believe?

Best regards.