Well obviously you can ignore people completely and downvote as necessary but sometimes it's just better to not have to deal with their comments at all. I mean

Well obviously you can ignore people completely and downvote as necessary but sometimes it's just better to not have to deal with their comments at all. I mean sure, some people aren't pro-censoring and that's fine, they don't have to - but some people prefer self-moderation to annoyances.