I have a shit-ton of people on ignore, and even more that I ignore on my own. Most of the people on my ignore list are banned by now anyway, so it seems I saved myself some unnecessary grief. For the record, we can and DO ignore people in real life too- telemarketers, salesmen, stupid strangers who intrude on our personal space- don't act like we owe everyone our attention nomatter who they are or how rude or intrusive they behave- that's just ridiculous.
I come here to talk to the people I like to talk to, and read what the people whose words are of interest to me have to say, and there are a lot of them, covering a wide variety of opinions. I don't have any interest whatever in reading the deep and penetrating thoughts of people I consider stupid, so I don't. The ignore button is my friend!
By the way, I DON'T automatically classify people who disagree with me as "stupid" either. Many of the people I prefer to read are people I don't have a lot in common with, but I learn new things frequently from reading their posts. A person gets a classification of "stupid" from me by saying things consistently that don't make sense (yes, that means they don't make sense to ME).
I am frequently amazed that people can often put forth really poor arguments for something, and they pass as acceptable- especially in THIS forum, Etc, which had traditionally been reserved for more critical posting.
There was a time when almost ANYTHING posted in this forum would be challenged by almost everybody, and I think we've gotten so lax about this that it's become a haven for the undead, I'm not even slightly kidding.
Let's sharpen our skills folks, or this will be just another site among millions where stupidity is praised and reality is shunned.