Problem is spreading propaganda / vicious lies / attempts at creating false "realities" and the dangers that stem from having such nonsense anchored in minds of idiots who just don't know how to shut the fuck up... Spreading such bullshit is certainly not "free speech", especially if you're on the "receiving end" of such crazy mob... In such context, commenting on posts of such cretins is only a reaction, sporadic at best, considering the frequency / intensity of their fake, malicious, psychotic bullshit.. Know the context, and stop provoking, nutcase mob.
I disagree...free speech means people have the right and ability to say what they want to including people who choose to use their freedom to speak to vomit vitriol. What I think they forget, or neglect, is that their actions will circle back on them and will mostly have a negative effect rather than the effect they delude themselves they receive.
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Freedom of speech is one thing, to say whatever they wants is completely different, to insult another person with those comments, the one on whose text that person leaves a comment.
I have (in addition to Hive), several interesting people that I follow... What kind of comments they get... Very uncivilized, and in terms of weight ripe for prison or maybe even an insane asylum 😄
I personally have never left comments with negative connotations, I try not to enter into conflicts, and when I meet a person in life or on social networks who has a totally different opinion than mine, unless it is necessary for me to have some points of contact with that person, I immediately cut off any form of further communication and spending time together. If I have to be with such a person in a group, team, community, I lock my lip and keep quiet, in order to avoid a fight...
You have a solid strategy and ethos and it's the best way to go. Not everyone is as enlightened as you though, and the world is full of many types of people including assholes.