I agree with your sentiment.
High-level civil disagreements are one of the things that sets Stacker News apart from the rest of the internet.
Pay to post is amazing but the next step is the ability to paywall someone we don’t want to hear from.
If they insist on harassing and heckling me, at least I can make them pay me for my time and attention as I slowly increase their cost to access me until it’s stops completely.