Literally explained how the two things I said make sense together and he banned me for “not manning up to lying”
…Ironically in doing so, he did not man up about his falsehood, which is that I said contradictory things.
Literally explained how the two things I said make sense together and he banned me for “not manning up to lying”
…Ironically in doing so, he did not man up about his falsehood, which is that I said contradictory things.
I’m glad you asked!
You stop replying.
It’s that simple. If they’re arguing in bad faith, if they’re a troll, if they’re a person who’s unstable who’s fighting because they get a kick out of it, all these things have the exact same result.
A fire starves without oxygen. Stop feeding the person by replying to them, and they’ll often fade right out. I do it constantly. (Though I’ve been known to engage when my ADHD is acting up. Or when I hyperfocus on providing data in my replies.)
It’s so insane to me that people have forgotten this, or they just choose to ignore it. Tell the person you’re arguing with that you clearly don’t see eye-to-eye, and you’re not enjoying the discussion, so “feel free to reply, but I won’t be answering.” Done. The argument ends. If the other person replies lots of times, acts up, starts fighting other people, it proves they’re a problem person. If they let it die, as most people tend to, then who cares? No further action needed.
I did stop replying, but then Communist started DMing me. There were also the reports on him, and by him.
You mentioned that already. If you are arguing with someone, you can stop.
Other people reporting them for being rude, while they’re arguing with you, doesn’t actually support your action. I know it feels like it’s not fair that a regular user can argue with you, and you’re supposed to take it, but that comes with the territory of being a mod.
If someone is tilting you, or annoying you, or arguing and you are making no progress, you need to learn to disengage and move on. You don’t need to reply to someone just because you believe they’re wrong. People will always be wrong on the internet.