Unfortunately, unlike the real world, forums don't allow for that. Heck, even the real world does the whole 'all voices must be heard' thing now. Admin are the only ones who can remove anyone. Not members nor even us mods. This forum MIGHT (see if it's in your settings) allow you to add names to 'ignore'.
In the real world I'd probably end up attempting to pound their heads of the table.
As per other posts of mine you can try and engage in a back and forth more. There have been a few times where it's seemed you've taken a stance and refuse point blank to accept another view regardless. See my comment about how you've done round table discussions back in the day so how that's kinda ironic.
Good points. yet, like with any business -- if you want to succeed, you get rid of the dead weight and the disruptive forces. If not, you're headed for failure. Hey, I even see it in my city, the thugs are taking over so -- guess what -- the people who pay the most in taxes are moving out. Then the city goes into the toilet. That's how it works.
As far as me not taking opposition well, I'd ask for an example. Seriously. One example. I can't think of a single time I took offense or insulted anyone for having an opposing point of view.
Now , what I DO NOT take well is insults, barbs, taunts, talking shit, irresponsible advice or erroneous information. And even then I won't insult the person delivering it UNLESS, they are disrespectful first. Then, the gloves come off. That's how I've always rolled and I know that attitude gets twisted into me being "difficult." But I get it. Let me give you another example.
I've been on message boards for all sorts of stuff. I wrote for newpapers, political journals and several music magazines and they all have message boards. . And there's always somebody starting shit. And whats' interesting is that whoever starts a fight usually wins because if they're ignored, nothing happens. But if someone responds, they THEY are the ones escalating the fight and THEY are the one who usually take the blame -- even though it's the antagonist who is entirely in the wrong.
One more example -- you may not know who he is but there's this guy Jeff Berlin who is certainly one of the greatest living bass guitarists. He can be gruff, but he's brilliant and obviously would have a ton of insight to offer anyone interested in learning more about music. Well, he went on a popular bass guitar forum, and he bucked a few accepted concepts and sure enough, some members started giving him crap. The mods allowed it because they were "respected members" (i.e. part of the clique). Well, Jeff fired back at them since he was in no mood to put up with childish nonsense. And guess what happened? HE GOT BANNED! That, to me, is like having Babe Ruth agree to play on your softball team and then benching him because he missed batting practice. It was more important to the administrators that they enforce their rules than to actually help the community.
Moral of the story. Some people offer more value than others. That doesn't mean everyone doesn't deserve their right to speak their mind. But when some little shitbag wants to feel like a big shot by pissing on someone with some cred, that nonsense must be nipped in the bud, otherwise everyone loses.
And sometimes, everyone loses.