@cy see, this is a bad faith read of a serious post. It's entitled, dismissive, and sarcastic. I assume it's meant to get a rise out of me, and it would also serve to signal to anyone else reading this that being entitled, dismissive, and sarcastic is acceptable behavior in this space. It's not.

For posterity, you know it's not about whether I have to see your reply, because that's not what I said. I said it's about whether I have to carry your reply, and show it to everyone who comes by as though it had equal merit to the actually thoughtful and constructive replies it's sitting next to.

If I had better tools to moderate my own threads, I might be able to give you a chance to apologize and correct your behavior. But I don't have those better tools. I can only block you, to prevent further bad behavior. So that's what I'm doing.