Psh, don't sweat those fools. If you do remove it, I know someone who has been looking for a hitch...That's at the top of my to-do list. Don't worry. The rest of the car was beautiful enough to overlook the ugly hitch.
For the record, I looked for and found one, helped Jeremi install it for me, then hauled a trailer 1000 miles from Cape Cod back to Michigan so don't listen to these windbags unless you really don't like it. Now I'm using it to mount a bike rack when necessary instead of putting my trunk lid and paint at risk.