You don't understand what the rule means - it is to encourage participation, ie posting and commenting. Blanket downvoting has exactly opposite effect discouraging participation.
MeatEater
joined 1 day ago
Coming to the community, especially a small one, just to downvote without posting a single post/comment is antisocial as fuck so stuck your rage where the sun don't shine, sweetie.
Your reference to "respectful dissent" shows you don't understand what the rule means - it is to encourage participation, ie posting and commenting. Blanket downvoting has exactly opposite effect discouraging participation.
Nope.
Only users not participating and either blanket downvoting multiple posts or downvoting specifically this ONE moderator's post banning downvoting without participation were banned.
You are actually the best example here - you have participated and are not banned.
Coming to the community just to downvote is toxic. Since banned users don't contribute, they have no interest being there.
You don't like a certain community - block and move on with your life. Don't behave like a dick.