This culture of telling people to 'just walk away and they'll stop' when someone is being harassed needs to cease.

I am not responsible for someone's bigotry. I am not responsible to defuse confrontations I didn't not start.

As we've seen many times today, toxic behavior is not going to go way just because you ignore it.

They're just going to harass someone else.

We need to deal with the root, not the symptom.

@Are0h This is definitely something I needed to think about. Honestly, sometimes all I have the energy for is to stop replying, mute/block, and move along. And that does get them to stop... with me. But I have to remember that it doesn't mean they'll stop behaving that way toward other people, and that if I have the ability to, I should do what I can to help.

@adamk678 Absolutely agree. In my estimation, there aren’t any social media sites the enable people to help each other beyond individual choices.

Part of that is capabilities, but I think there isn’t much will to do It either, which is the larger part of the problem.