Reply #14: Holy crap, am I taking the "third way?"

[Whitacre D_WI]

Some of the responses to this (and every "ignore list") thread I find odd. Oh, don't get me wrong -- I find a 45-name-long ignore list odd, too. But, for most people, it is NOT about a "difference of opinion."

I have nobody on ignore right now. But since I joined, I have had 4 people on ignore, for varying lengths of time.

It was not because I didn't value their opinions; it was because at the time I put them on ignore, they were being such assholes that if I got into arguments with them I woulda gotten my OWN ass banned.

It ain't worth it.

Now, to be fair -- I spend the VAST majority of my DU time in the Lounge. That means it's almost all about personality conflicts. Since I don't go to GD, I don't often get all riled up about people with different opinions. Of course, if I DID go to GD, I still wouldn't ignore people based on that.

Other opinions are good to be exposed to. That said, it's nothing short of stupid to allow yourself to get bent out of shape over someone you just can't deal with on a personal level, even if that feeling is only temporary.

I can think of several former DUers who never would have been banned had they made more liberal use of the ignore button. Instead, they got pulled into personal flame wars, and *poof* Tombstoned.

Screw that.