If a little voice ever says to you “what if you stopped being artificially polite and just told people on social media what you think, and mirroring their attitude and tone back to them, for a day?” you should drink until the voice goes away.

@Popehat
Just in case anyone can learn from my experience, I tried this in 2015 and it was not fun or helpful at all. I just met more abuse.

Blocking the source without engaging them works better for many reasons.