I have to totally agree with the post.
In some forums, up and down votes are used to "vote" on the level of agree/disagree the community has for each individual thought.
Not so on Steemit.
Here, it goes against someone's reputation
When you flag someone you are literally spray painting graffiti on the bricks of their home.
I think that's why the developers moved the flag away from the voting field to separate the two concepts.
It is especially outrageous when a killer whale uses his deadly power to flag someone for mere disagreement - pounding them into the ground with the Hammer of Thor.
I saw some horrible abuse here this week of that type. Someone asked the community to join in one of their promotional campaigns and BAM they were hit by a mega whale's sanction costing them thousands of dollars and egregious damage to their reputation - even though they had far more than a hundred up-votes from people who loved the idea.
I was horrified.
You are 100% right..Sir