Any form of arbitration on Steem is unlikely to succeed due to lack of organisation at this point.

I'd do it.

I've never down voted anything in 2 years, except in response to attacks...(i've been attacked in two down voting wars - for politcal reasons - and it hurts your earnings .)

I posted this yesterday as a way to circumvent the problem, on an individual basis...
your thoughts?
(I'd do the leg work - with enough support from 'the free speech movement' .)

https://steemit.com/blog/@lucylin/a-solution-to-inappropriate-flagging-ones-based-entirely-on-ideological-differences