@mike @hyde @kev @aral I mean, if the person is trying to respond to something I'm saying and I don't have them blocked or muted, I should be able to see it. Otherwise, their voice is effectively being silenced. We can label it whatever we like, but that is the impact it has on the person.
You can likely make an argument for outright blocking some of the known havens / instances for racist and other vile stuff, but we start getting into a slippery slope pretty quick.