I find the process [...] to be a very unpleasant experience. It introduces all sorts of negativity and it makes me uncomfortable

Not me. And anyway, it's not you in charge of this process, so you could try to ignore it to avoid the stress, if at all possible. (It may not be.)

A lot of negativity seems unavoidable whenever anyone comes around the community disagrees with, either as a troll (like the "immortal" guy), or just as someone pushing weird and likely wrong opinions. I'm not sure the "kicking" part itself is a big part of that, so I'm not sure your solution would help.