I didn't jump on flav. In fact, I didn't even respond to him. In fact, I have done so on very few occasions recently. In fact, until very recently, I rarely read his posts.
I put him on ignore because I found myself doing exactly what forum members are doing to some like LL and s4 - jumping on them regardless of the actual content of their posts. It wasn't so much flavio's viewpoints that I couldn't tolerate, but rather my response to them. I think there's a very convenient way to handle that... the ignore feature.
And it works. I generally read his posts now in non-RW forums, and seeing his name doesn't get the juices flowing anymore. The grudge, as it were, is fading. Before long I'll be able to have a normal conversation again with him about politics or whatever.
I wish more people would learn to control their emotions.