Using the ignore list is nothing more than surrendering into a safe space. If a poster is ignoring other posters because he or she doesn't like their views challenged, that poster is the problem, not the people he or she is ignoring.
There are a number of perfectly reasonable reasons to put someone on your ignore list besides disagreeing with them. I ignore one or two users I agree with because I think their posts are incredibly obnoxious.
All of the smug and self-righteous posters who are patting themselves on the back because their ignore lists are empty, justifying it by saying they can tolerate opposing opinions, have a stunning lack of creativity.
