In the end it boils down to this:

Authors get offended when their post gets down voted. This is an irrational, but understandable human reaction. In reality what is going on is a disagreement among voters. Some voters think the post should be worth more, others think it should be worth less.

But we are social beings and vote based on other things than reward disagreement.

We need other whales to chime in and state their own opinions by up/downvoting. While bernie at his core os probably well meaning, having only one person decide is not what the network needs.

I disagree with bernie singling out you, so I countered his flags. But I may agree with him flagging someone else. I don't think that he is just evil.