With that mentality you'd think it wouldn't be difficult to admit a silence only hurts a player's team.
It must be hard having to come up with a different move than trying to hold something over someone's head instead of participating in actual discussion. Or maybe you just actually don't know anything.
but what defines toxic? in my experience the term is completely subjective. you might as well be saying "ban all assholes"I agree that silencing them is ineffectual. They should just perma-ban the toxic player. It would be a much easier way to fix the issue.
personally, i don't like players carrying the "it's just a game" mentality. they should be permanently banned from competitive, it's very toxic and defeatist.