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In reply to the discussion: The used car salesman strikes again [View all]MineralMan
(151,057 posts)I've never seen Ignore as a means to control my view of the debates on DU. If DU becomes a place I don't like, I'll just leave the site and find another one.
Someone on DU, and I can't remember who it was, suggested that posters of thread starting posts should be able to block a list of DUers from replying to their post. Now, if that was the rule here, I'd be gone in an instant. Political debate is an important part of the political process, and requires, even demands, that voices in disagreement be heard and seen.
Ignore has its uses, of course. If someone is making personal attack against another DUer on a consistent basis, Ignore can be very useful, I suppose. I don't use it, but I can understand why others might.
But, to Ignore those who disagree with you seems really, really silly to me. Why participate on a discussion forum if you can't deal with disagreement? I've never understood that.