Yeah I know you can find pg quotes about this. Does that make it true? If that's the case then you win.
However, if you want to use reason, it is clearly the case that under this view then the voting and karma is a misnomer and little more than a way to stifle dissent. It's good thing, I think, that most don't hold this view.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=658691
http://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law