I'm worried about hypocrisy.   What Dan or others does is not justification for your actions.   I don't like people down voting over valued posts for subjective reasons.   Yet, I kind of have stopped harping on that.    Yet when a person that makes these statements then does what you did with your comment that is VERY SHADY.

Also... telling me I have a lot to learn, and @son-of-satire that he needs to get a clue.   Ad hominem attacks are a nice logical fallacy.   They also can be good deflection.    You don't need to use them on me though.  Implying I am clueless or don't know things will not convince me you are right.   I do not view you as a superior.   I view you as a person sharing this journey with me.   The difference is you have more steem power than I have.   So I am not going to imply that you are stupid and have things to learn.   I will point out when a specific thing is hypocritical.    That is all I am doing here.

I have also seen you do good from time to time.   This entire issue just illustrates points I've been concerned about when it comes to down voting/flagging for some time.

Another thing that is hypocritical is believing it is okay for you to down vote and flag something you believe is over valued, and then when it is done to something you are interested in it suddenly is not okay?

I'd love for a way for this to not be an issue.

Who are Dan and his Cohorts... Dan, Dantheman, and Ned?   I don't actually know what cohorts they may have.

I occasionally get an up vote from Dantheman if I post philosophical or anarchy related posts.   I don't notice a ton of people voting on me when he does.

I occasionally get a vote from Ned on my Gaming, or Music posts.

I only think I've ever gotten both of them to up vote my post once.

I do get some people that up vote me quite a bit, but not always, but it is not Dan and Ned.   They seem to only up vote my posts when they fall within their interests.

This means I have no clue who their cohorts are...

@berniesanders... I've never had a problem with you. I've questioned your actions and your intentions but in the end... never once had a problem with you. You've been very open and willing to respond to my comments as well. So please consider this a legitimate request for an appearance in steemit chat, discord chat or maybe even a one on one with me... so you can clear the air about, why you do what you do. 

What you say?