Concur.
Furthermore, this option can create an opportunity for a spammer to conceal their activity intentionally.
All they need to do is piss someone off enough to mute them and then it's open season in their comment section.
Additional, we want the lay users reporting up abuse they notice and this feature will reduce that likelihood.
Imo the consequences outweigh the benefit.
RE: Poll: Enhancing the "Mute" Feature