That's not a problem, that's a feature.

nowaypablo had you muted. You got bent about it. Somehow or other, the two of you set aside your differences and community was forged.

I've got like 58 people muted. Each and every one of them either:

a) is a spammer

b) can't have an argument without resorting to ad-hominem attacks.

The rest of them - and there have been something like a dozen - have apologized and life goes on.

You're right - if you try to piss in one of my posts, and I decide I don't like your face, I can censor you. If you don't like that, you can try apologizing. If you don't, you can move on. Either way. you aren't constitutionally entitled to comment on everything you want. You can "follow" whoever you want, wherever you want. The counterbalance to that is to tell someone "fuck off, I don't care if you follow me, I can curate your ass right out of my feed."

I'm muted a few places around here. I'm totally fine with that. those are battles I've won. If I felt like groveling and making things all better, I would - but the only reason I would do so would be to tell those people they're wrong all over again and that benefits exactly no one.

If you can be civil, you can ask to be unmuted. If you can't, you have no business replying. Period.