normalize this

respect is a two way street. If 1 person breaks respect, it‘s a free for all

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I don’t like to normalize adversarial behaviour, but sometimes it’s like bro.. this guy is giving away a grant to better humanity.. pls stfu if you have nothing to add

I hear you but I think acting on aggression can be a good thing if it is done with the right intention. Calling someone a tech bro shows that they‘re disrespecting. So do what then? Block? Mute? Or be equally disrespectful back? I don‘t see how you can turn the other cheek there

You can always ignore and let them rot back into their abysmal reality of irrelevance

ya it’s a case by case. I usually simply point out the ad hominem and let anyone with more than 2 brain cells connect the dots

True, if the troll isn‘t spreading misinformation about you too then that‘s an option. But more often they now connect disrespect with ad hominem attacks and then it‘s very tricky. Gladly not the case in the above situation