Getting flagged for even a cent when you have a 200 SBD payout is unpleasant. Personally, if I was him? I'd just ignore it and not even bother flagging you back. I do not support revenge flagging.
You didn't feel the need to communicate your disagreement on his rewards in any other way aside from flagging. While this is a legitimate choice, in my opinion trying to TALK before shooting (or flagging) can be beneficial to all sides and prevent this sort of... unpleasantness.
As for why he is quiet in the thread: well, I would be too if someone called me a greedy fascist without ever exchanging a word with me. Hell, I'd call them something worse and go mind my own business. Especially if their downvotes can't really touch me.
Check my yesterday's blog. Check the flagged comments there and see for yourself what happened. There are some bad whales involved who play the part quite well.
This whole situation is majorly fucked up. The lack of communication did not make it better. And no, that toxic comment exchange is not a conversation. Not the conversation you two SHOULD have had before this became a payout pissing contest.
I hate steemit drama so hard.
My guess is there are people who are very much amused by all this. People will be people.
That is a truth. :sigh: