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Read: Nah.
You can Hide the Community awards on your profile so that Nobody can see them.
Go to your profile / Edit Profile / General then down the Bottom you will see Profile Preferences and you will see "Hide Community Awards on Profile". Put a Check mark in the box. Then they won't be visible to people anymore.
As for the jester, anything has 2 sides, like a sword.
Either you get unfair jesters or unfair circle-jerk on your profile, pick one.
I have to empty my pantaloons bcs they are about to explode from me laughing.
Both jesters and clowns have a prideful job that, isn't easy. The Jester of the medival ages, being part of a household was specifically getting paid to cheer up the family.
OP, you're correct that some people diffidently use it to mock someone's words and those know it is triggering because the animation itself laughs at whoever watches it. It's not just a clown or jester in itself; its the laughter and the hat jumping of the head, which causes this mocking effect. It belittles any subject that you have have tried to convey on a serious tone by means of redicule and in itself is a way to reflute it (as an argument) by redicule.
And indeed the anonymous part gives the awarder a shield, preventing them from getting banned, while at the same time provoking worse replies from the awarded, increasing the likelihood of them getting banned. Some indeed use it to troll like this.
However...
You're still in control on how you react to it and learning some background on clowns and jesters may help as it will show more care about their jobs and make it less likely to feel as an insult upon receiving such award.
For your questions:
1. Giving a user the ability to insult another user isn't anti-consumer. That said, Steam and Valve both have been practising social shaming for a long time; despite it being against their own rules and guidelines. For example, they do this with bans as well. Rewards are displayed, regardless of whether it is an insult or not. I don't know why.
Keep in mind that in the US, people think tipping is okay, and not mocking those who earn less. (It is an insult in some european countries and many eastern countries, not just to the one tipped, but also their employer, since you suggest that they don't pay their employees enough, and it's also promoting bad behavior.)
As such, you shouldn't really be too surprised by this system. Since the system gives points that the awarded can use to buy stuff, it is essentially a tip. And now you see that receiving tips isn't always a good thing and can diffidently be insulting / done by someone looking down on you.
2. No clue, but see above.
3. Also no clue. For whatever reason donating done by others is usually anonymous in the US, even though in the EU (where I live) people usually have to specify who donates and what amount. It seems cultural as well as such.
That's your imagination playing the slippery slope game.
You don't know what others think or see, and can't predict this. It's pretty mean to assume people do this anyway.
I understand that people who are native to English speaking countries often get surrounded by English being used indirectly and often need to look for some kind of implication, some indirect meaning, but you really need to be careful there, because worrying too much isn't good for you and can end up causing the opposite effect of what you intend, which in this case should be more obvious.
Try being more direct and seeing things more directly. (just advise)
Symbols and animations on themselves, as well as the nature of awards or the combination thereof isn't unethical on itself.
What you mean is unethical is the usecase you mentioned; in other words it is people's behavior, not the award itself.
Jesters, much like your mentioned slow-clap, isn't always used to insult, therefore, creating a moderation rule to always punish people just because they place in on your post would in my opinion be wrong. People have mocked my own posts with the slow clap you seem to use to say "great", and used the jester when I intentionally made a joke that people liked.
There is also the laughing face, which can also be used to mock. It's a case by case problem basically, as well as a user by user problem and... I don't think you should punish everyone just because a few use it wrongly. That in itself would give power to those few, which they then will abuse; they will try to see how far they can go with getting everyone limited with their bad behavior, because apparently everyone needs to be affected.
If this is about the awards, it's really how you react to it. How important was your post that got awarded to you and how do you react to it? How do you deal with it? You need to answer these before you can say the situation is affecting your mental health.
And, if that is the case, is it the award, or is it your reaction to that award?
My advise: Don't give these people the power to control your emotions and behavior.
for people who are abused and offended by the awards..
(If that is what you were referring to with the later.)