I guess I'm not familiar with the specifics of what transpired so I can't really say if I think your justified in that, but I agree, there are plenty of trolls and assholes who deserve to be marginalized in an online discussion forum. However, with as much as the mute tool can help improve the quality of discussion, it can also hurt just as much if it's misused. I suppose if you have an opinion that the (currently) small insular group of power users here find unwelcoming, you're essentially shunned on most posts. I'm sure if/when the site grows, other groups of power users will develop, probably of different ideological persuasions, and I don't know how people will use or abuse the mute feature, but I suspect more drama pimples will occur from it.With the fact that there are people out there (in this site) who feel it's their job to make you feel unwelcome, I'd point out people here, but frankly I know when to pick my battles, you can't have discussions like this with someone.