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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
It has been suggested a few times now to put this unfathomably obtuse dipsh-t on ignore, and you guys seem hellbent on responding to him as if to play a serious game of chess against a pigeon. On one hand, good for you on being willing to let this paste-eating troll have a seat at the adults table, but on the other hand, you really are only punishing yourselves by trying.
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Here's the thing. I hate using the ignore list. I think it is a dangerous tool that counters good rhetorical battle and exposure to new ideas. Even the people that drive me up the wall give me pause to stop and rethink things. That is something I would miss with putting them on ignore.
What I prefer is for the moderation staff to recognize the behavior and take appropriate action. The behavior is flat out trolling. The individual does nothing but derail threads with completely asinine positions and hot takes. His comments are not designed to spurn discussion, they are to incite riots. It is as clear as the standing up hair on his head, and mold growing on the rocks of the bridge he lives under.
Yes, we could ignore idiots like this, but the problem is there are impressionable minds out there who see crap like this and think there is some truth to it. This is how these fringe ideologies recruit. It needs to be stopped, and the only way to do that is by shining the light of the facts on the lies, or removing them from the board all together.