Jerry 🦙💝🦙Jun 28, 2023

I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this, but here we are.

If you get into a disagreement with someone here or for whatever reason the person you’re messaging with asks you to disengage, just stop. I’ve been around since the dawn of online arguments and I’ve never seen a person realize the error of their ways because someone was trolling and/or being an asshole to them in the replies.

If someone asks you to stop, stop. If they block you, take a cue from Elsa and Let It Go. Don’t find alternate ways to continue engaging. I’m sure it the parting shot feels good, or you think you have the perfect reply to help them see the reality of a situation, but it isn’t so.

Please, just stop and think: AITA in this situation?

Show threadPaul Quirk
@jerry it takes two to engage. If you want to block a person, you can just block them without making an announcement that you're blocking them, and that is usually the end of things on that matter. Announcing publicly that you're blocking the person because they're whatever derogatory term you wish to call them is just begging the other person to continue to engage in other ways, as this amounts to public shaming of that person and actually escalates rather than de-escalates.
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