fwiw: I used to never bother looking at the rating tags given - it's only when I started to see 'dumb' tags for the most non-partisan, information only posts... as in, damn who would give that a 'dumb' rating, it's just information. Well, that would be you!
I didn't say I've never given the Dumb rating and I'm not saying nobody should ever give it. I'm saying it shouldn't be used to harass someone by following them around the board, putting the Dumb rating on everything they post.