I think there's a difference between being whimsical, and being a d-bag, or disingenuous. I don't find the ban feature bad it's obviously meant as an in joke. H

I think there's a difference between being whimsical, and being a d-bag, or disingenuous. I don't find the ban feature bad it's obviously meant as an in joke. However, I don't think the realization that someone will always be offended by something you do lets you off the hook from being an honest, authentic, reasonable person. There are many pundits who read an article like this and think "yeah, I resonate with this. All of my snark filled, douche-baggy, disingenuous blog posts are equivalent to a Nickelback setting, and so I don't need to worry or adjust my behavior. I'm OK, it's my detractors and haters that are the issue." I think being professional boils down to being honest and fair.