Having dealt with what the author experienced, I'd like to add some advice:
- All online conversations are optional. You don't have to finish an exchange you don't enjoy. Leave idiots on read.
- You can't win everyone over. Some people are deliberately contrarian. Many argue in bad faith. Don't try to turn a provocation into a discussion.
- You don't owe your audience anything. They don't pay you.
Having dealt with what the author experienced, I'd like to add some advice:
- All online conversations are optional. You don't have to finish an exchange you don't enjoy. Leave idiots on read.
- You can't win everyone over. Some people are deliberately contrarian. Many argue in bad faith. Don't try to turn a provocation into a discussion.
- You don't owe your audience anything. They don't pay you.