I disagree again. You can limit their presence and intrusion into your life. At least the day to day interactions and direct contact. And I appreciate that. I do the same thing for my own peace.

But. That's an illusion. You have to share community space with these people, the same as we all do, which means that you can't simply be done with them any more than anyone else can. Thinking you can just be done with them and go about your merry way is just putting your head in the sand while they continue destroying everything around you.

You can't be done with them. You can only ignore them, which is a double edged sword.