Seriously, never be afraid to block someone. Every bit of knowledge, interesting argument, alternative viewpoint held by someone with a shitty attitude will be held by someone without.
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Honestly, if I set up an echo chamber in which what is echoed is not ideas but civility and reasonableness in the presence of different ideas, I will be quite happy with that.
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I wrote here about the value of arguing with ideological extremists (although I no longer think the concept of the 'centre' is ideal) and I still believe in that. However, I am no longer engaging with random dishonest, snarky or abusive tweeters.https://areomagazine.com/2016/12/14/the-value-of-arguing-with-extremists-building-a-moderate-center/ …
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There's just too many of them, they don't deserve my time or attention & they just get in the way of productive conversation. I think Twitter would be a much better place if we all prioritised our attention to those at least trying to be civil, reasonable & honest.
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Or to put it another way, a way that I was told about five minutes after getting on the internet over a decade ago, DON'T FEED THE TROLLS....
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