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You're arguing about the ignore function, not the mute function. Ignore hides what person X says. Pretty uncontroversial option, and pretty required on any community site. Mute silences people from everyone, whether they're talking to you or not. If you've muted someone, they cannot be heard on anything you post. No one's saying that your ears should be offended by things they don't want to hear. But a few people are saying that you don't have the right to curate their experience so that they don't hear things you don't want them to hear.