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lil  ·  3562 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paddling into the Waves or What I Learned from Not Muting

Hi em, thanks for your comment. I [EDITED] more or less, somewhat, perhaps tend to agree with you.

    Now, if the commenter wanted to become lil's personal nemesis, following you from post to post with obviously malicious intent
I'm lucky that I haven't had a cyber-stalker so far.

In the example above, my response was not so much to the poster himself, since as you say,

    a thoughtful discussion is unlikely.
My response was directed more to the community who might happen upon his comments. I deliberately wanted to model a kind of responsiveness that shows thoughtfulness of opinions opposite to my own.