I recall IR announced his arrival, on WNFF, with a series of, shall we say, 'robust' posts. Plus ca change...
I enjoy his posts when they don't insult people on WNFF. He's got some fantastic insights into performance of players on the Nats and other teams (e.g., hard hit rates, OPS, development ...). Beyond that, he strongly believes that the ownership and management are putting on an unacceptable product, are being deceptive to the fanbase, and that the fanbase has been pretty passive about tolerating it in terms of attending games, shelling out money, and being naively optimistic about things getting better. I can't say he lacks any basis for saying these things. Where his posts become a problem is when they get insulting towards folks who post counter-arguments. I don't view it as poisoning everything he posts. Frankly, part of the muting last night was just to stop the back and forth because I think folks start firing back insults and I just wanted it all to chill.
It's actually been 2+ years since I put on a member on mute (June 2022). A mod will need to approve IR's next post (a safety The Chief built in). I'm going to be watching the exchanges for a while and hope folks don't try to troll him. If you really can't stand his posts, then you can put him on "ignore." Much better than getting into bad exchanges. I may go direct to warnings and muting if with anyone who I thinking is baiting him or losing their cool in response.