That’s interesting. How is it hard to simply say your peace and reply no more?
It’s not like there’s a terrible guy in the next door apartment whom you can’t “extricate” yourself from without a face-to-face confrontation.
This site is owned and we must abide by the privately contrived rules of its owner. Still, we are free to come or leave as we wish.
If authors are banned, it is the right of the owner to ban them and conduct business as he pleases. We are free to participate or not. Indeed, we are free to contribute our money or thoughts (as long as we follow the “house rules”) as we please.
The owner has the right to shape the site however he pleases. We may agree or disagree with his design plan but we don’t have the right to direct his plan.
I only mentioned a banned author and the bad experience I had with him.
But I will take your advice and say "Bye!".