Well, that's your opinion and it's valid.
However, I do not tell someone what religion to follow, what food to eat, who to vote for, what to flag, what to say, etc... if they choose to say things or do things I disagree with, I might speak out against it, but they still have their free will to do as they please. (If it isn't against the law)
Kind of a live and let live idea I guess.
People are free to post what they want, flag what they want, and essentially just be what they want without having to answer to anyone.
If someone wants to vote for a user 10x a day, someone else can choose to flag a user 10x a day. There is literally no difference. The "abuse" on either side should balance each other out.
This level of equilibrium is only possible when people are effectively cancelling each other out. When you have one side with a lot more power than the other, things get unbalanced and out of control.
I think we currently have WAY MORE upvotes than downvotes in the system. I would like to see more of a balance. A lot of content on Steem is useless, stolen, plagiarized, hateful, etcetc. Yet, less than like .5% of votes are downvotes.
Don't even know how to downvote. So, I checked the FAQ & it says, on steemit there's no difference. (Read it before, but, well, baaad memory.) To me, that seems like a system error. They should change it.
Flagging IMO should be there to mark abuse, not to show disagreement. That way it would also be easier for admins (if there are admins here) to actually do something about abuse.
If I disagree enough to care, I write a comment.