The point is, I did the work and someone tried to convey value

You digress. We've been talking about self rewarding until now.

snatched a waiters tip

An upvote is not a tip someone gives, but an expression of opinion that the content deserves a reward.

your downvote is just an opinion, but their downvote is a gun

When they use it as method of trying to suppress me from expressing my opinion by going after everything I do, even unrewarded comments helping others, and extending this action over others they associate with me, that's a clear yes. If they refuse to give a reason except the kindergarden style "you started" and their only goal is to stop me from expressing my opinion they even admit it.

Oh man. I give up. You keep arguing with faulty comparisons to justify taking funds from a community pool for yourself. Let's agree to disagree and save each other's time instead of running in circles.