Is turning off your phone to ignore an intrusive caller 'censorship?'
Is walking away from a creepy stranger who's bothering you on the subway "censorship?"
NO.
If people can still make their own posts, and engage other members in conversation, then their freedom of speech isn't being impeded, no matter how much anyone may whine about it.
Not everyone is going to like each other, or want to talk to each other; that's life.
As long as the internet is large enough for the speaker to create their own website.
Some folks here tend to make total nuisances out of themselves.
You can still make your own posts discussing any topic you like, within the parameters of the TOS.
You can still talk to other members who don't have you blocked, and answer their questions.
Real censorship is completely removing one's ability to express their opinion; kinda like how the Egyptian government shut down the internet access to their country a few months back.
All blocking on this site does is stop you from engaging a person who doesn't want to talk to you.
And if you didnt want to hear my opinion and decided to block me, I wouldnt bitch & whine about it; I'd laugh & move on.
No one is required to listen to anyone else's opinion.
People here don't annoy me for merely having a different viewpoint than mine; they annoy me when I have made it clear that I'm tired of talking to them and they still wont shut up, and move on... as if harping on the same talking points endlessly will somehow "make" me change my mind.
A pest is a pest; period.
You do what works for you and I'll continue to do the same.
Different strokes for different folks.