@Anon-e-moose
Yeah actually he can still block people, because Disqus still exists for the purpose of third-party companies (like Christian News Network) using them for their forum area. What went away were Disqus’s own standalone channels.
My hope is that Christian News Network will eventually abandon Disqus as its commenting forum, hopefully the torrential downvotes of these bigots continues and people continue to show up to act as flies in the ointment. (There is a downside though, they seem to have set things up Lady Checkmate-style where people using new Disqus accounts can’t comment. You can post, but it goes to an automatic spam filter. So only Disqus accounts that have been around a while can post comments. It’s utter censorship on their part but no one but me seems to know they’re doing it. Well, you all do now.)