I am well aware of the beginning of @curangel account.
What you've done in this post is, you've accused us of something to which most, if not all of us at @curangel (being members of the crypto community after all) are diametrically opposed, and accused us of being something which we are not.
The only accusation was of abuse of the down vote power under the account. The facts were there, the account down voted the post for no apparent reason. I do not know which curator, and neither do I care, A few individuals have tried to justify it as being a down vote from a known vote farmer. As mentioned in another comment this is a very slippery road that curation accounts travel.
I would have far more greatly admired your dropping by in our Discord for a civil discussion. I assure you, we're not YouTube.
The post and the vote was broadcast on HIVE Block Chain, not on Discord. The problem was here on the block chain, the problem should be resolved on the block chain not behind closed doors. I am sorry you see my comments and my post as being uncivil.
The down vote was wrong and un-justified, it is that simple. I have not asked nor even suggested anyone pull their support for curangel, the only support I asked to be pulled is any future support on my post from curangel and they have done that.
I understand your points, especially the one about Discord; although the general chat in our server is open to all (thus, not behind "closed doors") it is not on-chain, and I can certainly respect your avoidance of it for that reason. To be truthful, I'm not the biggest fan of Hive's systemic reliance upon Discord in general; we're not the only major project dependent upon it, and far from the biggest.
That said, this statement of yours is patently false:
You did directly accuse @curangel of being, and I quote:
We are not that, we have never been that, and we never will be that. You also did not read my comment, or you would not have gone on to say:
As I wrote (emphasis added):
It is curious, and perhaps telling, that you should so aggressively demand retractions and apologies from others, and expect them to read and give thought to your essays, but fail to extend any of those same courtesies in return.
Good day.