I'm with you. History is filled with ideas, words that were originally laughed at/down-voted.

I have never felt the need to down-vote. I hope I never turn into that guy.

I inderstand moderation. I understand the up-vote. Why make a post unreadable? If needed--put a minus sign on the post, but don't make it difficult for people to read. These posts go onto Google forever. It's just un-American. That's been my only gripe with this site.