That's another conspiracy, as I have nothing to do with @buildawhale.

I don't mind conspiracy theories: Steem is the right place for wrong people.
That however doesn't mean that I like BS to be rewarded.
Above is about flat earth. And actually in that case I was just evaluating potential rewards of a user who just flagged me. Nothing unusual.

As for your mom's blog, it's a different story.
First of all I had no idea it's your mom. Second, it was mostly disagreement on rewards for a post heavily boosted with bots.
Moreover, I had doubts that if that was even original content creator, as there's same content on other website where I found no mentions about Steem.

Taking care about rewards pool has nothing to do with freedom of speech.