I think it’s reasonable to downvote.

This for instance:

It’s a channel funded partly by a Bill Gates subsidiary, and has to do propaganda for them to meet its budget requirements.

May be technically true, but the implication is conspiratorial.

This:

Kurzgesagt makes low quality content that’s poorly researched…

Is an opinion I would strongly contest. “Slopaganda” doesn’t fit my impression either, especially with what they’ve disclosed about their production process.

And this:

This makes sense… They should be banned.

Sounds like advocating for a ban under false pretenses, which I am vehemently against. That’s what ultimately crosses the downvote threshold for me.

…That came out as more accusatory/singled out than I intended. I don’t mean to pile on the comment.

Is the channel perfect? No. I think they’re citation-lite in the videos, have made mistakes and had bad takes. And it’s a little oversimplified for my tastes.

But on this:

I dislike how disenting opinions get downvoted on Lemmy/technology probably more than even on reddit.

I think a downvote is a fair tool, in this case.

And unlike Reddit (at least in by browser UI), Lemmy doesn’t hide the comment when it’s heavily downvoted, which I like. The comment still gets “fair” exposure like any other comment in this thread, but that doesn’t mean people have to like it.

Other Lemmy/Piefed UIs may handle this differently, though. Not sure about that.