Take a look again at post 1,043.
Now, go ahead and tell me that a guy like that would only be bannned if we want FR to be an echo chamber.
Go ahead and tell me that he's looking for an "earnest discussion." If you do, I'll have a very good laugh, but I won't try to have you banned. One-sided discussions are for those super-awesome intellectually superior dudes at DC.
You ever contributed to turning a thread into a flame war?
That would not be accurate. There may be any number of asinine reasons why he might be banned.