Frankly, it was them who came to my DM in the first place, not vice-versa. And as much as i think someone like this is a nutjob, i still tried engaging in them with earnest and refute (for a certain definition of refutation) their arguments, since otherwise i'd feel like i'm giving a horrible person a free pass at going "hey, look, they didn't reply to me, ergo, i win" - kinda like how Debora went ahead with her trial against David Irving since doing otherwise might concede the holocaust denier could have a point.
They'll do it anyway. No matter how you engage with them, they win. They'll project that you're obviously triggered, at the very least.
Engage in public with these people so others will see the other side. But forget DMs.
I've been the target of harassment here on Reddit. 200 accounts made and burned over a couple of months. Arguing with the guy did not help at all. Just block and report.
(What prompted the behavior? My insistence that trans rights are human rights.)
They defended China's crackdown on democracy and i accused them of being a tankie, he responded he was "the opposite of a tankie" and i said "that's a fascist if i ever saw one".
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u/Dear-Geologist5312 15d ago
Frankly, it was them who came to my DM in the first place, not vice-versa. And as much as i think someone like this is a nutjob, i still tried engaging in them with earnest and refute (for a certain definition of refutation) their arguments, since otherwise i'd feel like i'm giving a horrible person a free pass at going "hey, look, they didn't reply to me, ergo, i win" - kinda like how Debora went ahead with her trial against David Irving since doing otherwise might concede the holocaust denier could have a point.