Thank you Kindness. I feel this feature was instilled with nothing but good intentions and I certainly understand a members right to ignore another member as a means of self care. I am not contesting that at all.
Whatever I am concerned about is the misuse of this feature to dominate or exclude anyone who they don't like from posting their viewpoints on threads started by the person doing the ignoring. Especially when they post such things that a of a sensitive nature and could use an opposing viewpoint to level things out. Instead, thanks to this feature, the member can propeller their thread's influence by only allowing like minded people to post on it.
Does this not go against the "polite debate" rule in the Current Events forum where this tactic is most commonly used?