Excellent article.

" If you don’t like getting insults, don’t give them." I did that for 20 years on the web. Didn't work. Destroyed me, however. I could feel the hatred. It also just allows people to go on and on and keep piling it on.

There is nothing on this earth that will stop those who don't agree with you, or those who find that your views threaten their world view, from trying to demolish you.

These days, I just remove their threads from my articles, and then I block them. Sometimes, I insult them right back. After all, if someone doesn't know the difference between you're and your, why should I even attempt to reason with him?

At this d, I tend to deal only with the central point.

May I ask you if I can use your diagram in one of my stories? Obviously I will give a link and refer right back to you. Thank you.