Here are my views on 9/11. Not really the point of this post.
That said, I was discussing those views with someone on Twitter and simply because I noted that I wanted a civil discussion and that name calling was a logical fallacy, I was labeled as a snowflake victim who thought words could hurt me. Pretty funny.
I didn't block this person as I might have in some instances for a couple of reasons. One is that we follow each other, still do, so I think there obviously is some common ground and hope. Another major reason though is that I stuck my nose into someone else's comment thread that wasn't even his. You see, I have an original thought here. We should each be able to have our own areas online where we can exercise our right to free speech and if we don't want to we shouldn't be forced to run a forum. On these things called blogs and websites, that some of us remember before the dark days, before the empire of big tech, we can actually create this reality I speak of.
My personal rule, where I draw the line, if I'm going to debate someone, is that you be civil and not use insults. I'm informed and discuss serious topics and I don't generally have time for childish things and usually avoid it. So if for any reason some one wants to have their two cents heard and doesn't care to have everybody else's two cents appear under their two cents I think that's just fine. Could you imagine if we forced authors to allow their critics a column under each page in their book?!
I wouldn't care if Twitter had a disable comments option, hell I would use it. Say whatever you want in response in your area to exercise free speech. Twitter is a public forum, however, so I can't do that. I rarely comment. I always keep it civil if I do. They do allow me to block people so I don't have to hear them ever again and that's fine with me. I will use that option when I see fit for people that break my rules of civil discussion devoid of insults. I would never call for anyone to be banned from the site and I find almost nothing offensive. And that is the difference between being an SJW and demanding civil discussion online.
