I'm curious as to whether you just don't want me to block people because that enables them to hurl more abuse at me, or whether you actually believe what you have just said.

The best way to handle abuse on the web is to stop it by blocking it.

Perhaps you might like to hear the professionals say that?

https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/blocking-muting-restricting/

With all due respect, I'm a professional writer and ex web-designer. I know what I'm doing.