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With a lot of these topics, it depends on how the post or comment is worded. I've seen plenty of posts/comments where the user spoke about the topics and viewpoints in your list and didn't get downvoted for it.
That is definitely true. There are people I interact with here that I disagree with yet somehow they don't downvote me (nor I them).
I have a very simple rule that I rarely break. If someone's post is worth replying to, I don't downvote. It's only if a response would be pointless that I downvote.
On rare occasions, I even upvote people who disagree with me if they said it well or made some good points or conceded some ground though not the "war" I think that's worth upvoting.
And what, precisely, do you think downvoting accomplishes? It strikes me as very petty-to-pathetic.
My client keeps a reputation counter totaling the up and downvotes someone receives from me. It tends to be asshole behavior that draws a downvote from me, so if someone manages to rack up a significantly negative total (I've never seen anyone hit even -10) that's a good sign to just block them.
Other than that, nothing and it's rare I bother with them.