The post isn't censored, the pending rewards were wiped. I can still read it on the blockchain without any special tools or any extra trouble, it still shows in your followers' feeds, and it would take a lot more than downvotes to remove it from the chain.

That being said, it's an absolute travesty to see some of the biggest and oldest accounts flagging over differences of opinion or perspective. Calling it short sighted is a gross understatement. This line of thinking can be applied to almost every cultural, geopolitical, and religious belief, and if writ large, would absolutely make blogging about anything except only the most mundane things on hive even more worthless.

But I guess that's going to be what attract the masses here; mundane shit that's non offensive in every way. Challenging narratives, confronting cognitive dissonance, and breaking the Overton window will have to be reserved for other platforms since this one definitely doesn't want that. Like I said though, you can do it, and it won't be removed from the chain, but since posting here is like talking to a deaf person with only one good eye, the only other incentive that's available is the monetary rewards, and our benevolent stakeholders are too blinded by hubris and arrogance to recognize the trap they lay for this place.