Is it cowardice to block people who will not accept facts?

[goaded]

Mentioning no names, but you've probably come across a few on here.

Just for fun, I'll unblock all 10 people I've blocked in nearly 10 years on here, until each tells a lie, refuses to accept a fact, or gratuitously insults me.

Just to get people started: Trump didn't win the majority of votes in 2016 or 2024. Even the finest dust will fall down in a vacuum, there's literally nothing there for it to be suspended in. Masks do help reduce the spread of Covid. Social distancing does, too. Vaccines work. Preventing less than 100% of something bad is not the same as preventing 0%, it is often still worthwhile. The US has a higher rate of knife murders than the UK, and that's less than 30% of US murders. There is no crisis of crime in US cities, in fact the crime rates have been going down. Trump's administration brought a convicted murderer convicted for brutally killing three people back to the US and set him free (Spain might be allowed to request he be caught, extradited, tried and re-convicted for the crime he was spending 30 in prison for, but nobody knows where he is.)

Feel free to post friendly wagers on how long each will last!

Yes, they have a right to have you listen to their lies and insults

No, it's just common sense to stop listening to lies and insults.

Other

Don't know/see results

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10 mo

So, unrelated to this question, I've already been told I'm "all about the right to murder", indirectly told asbestos dust can stay suspended in a vacuum (I suspect that idiot doesn't know the difference between a vacuum and a vacuum cleaner), that, somehow, German incest laws make my facts irrelevant, and that Trump's conviction before Jan 20 wasn't real, "I proof him wrong".

[Danzigdawson]

I reserve the right to strike hard at them and I grant them the right to strike back just as hard, if they can.

I only block people when it's obvious that they're just trolling, when they're just being a useless annoyance OR when they're the ones blocking me in the first place.

On the other hand, I can recall being blocked or reported because:

• I contradicted someone who tried to push the "nazis were socialists" bullshit
• I mocked god and/or christianity
• I mocked trump in my questions (a lot of my questions have been successfully reported as trolling/spamming)
• I talked about someone's well-known (on g@g, at least) harrassment story
• I trashed unashamed homophobic pieces of shit for being openly homophobic
• I reminded some idiot that the comparatively sparse historical instances of caucasian people being enslaved by the black sea, ottoman or barbary slave trades did not excuse or make the African slave trade trivial by comparison.

[goaded]

Exactly. You get blocked for unpopular opinions, I block for being total assholes who switch to nothing but distractions and insults.

[goaded]

Correction: not unpopular opinions, opinions and facts they don't like.

[GdanskDawson]

@goaded Well, what do you know... my account is frozen and under review again.😄 This is the alternate account that I've created the first time it happened. Free speech really is at the core of MAGA's values and they really, really have a high tolerance threshold!

[goaded]

@GdanskDawson Fuckwits. While I'm literally being accused of what they're doing to you.

[GdanskDawson]

@goaded If only one could see what they're actually saying and doing behind the scenes.

[goaded]

@GdanskDawson Ew!

[goaded]

@GdanskDawson Trump's given them permission to say it all out in the open.

[MisterWack]

Nah, just unblock them and leave them unblocked.

I got blocked by a lot of people , some out of context and others for getting in the way of their echo machine.

I’ve done my fair share id blocking , though do unblock. Some people constantly harass and constantly threaten others with bodily harm so I take those seriously.

I don’t believe we should block others based on an opinion or whatever alone.
It is not productive and only grows us more divided.

[goaded]

You might like to look through seeyounexttuesday's opinion in this question and see if you'd put up with that crap.
So wait... Trump deports hard working illegals and imports a triple murderer? ↗

[DryGermanGuy]

@goaded
That’s the current account of joeldalton, who likes to make Holocaust „jokes“. He is absolute vomit. 👎👎👎

[MisterWack]

@goaded it appears I already blocked that individual so, you’ve made your point.

[goaded]

LMAO!

[MisterWack]

@goaded Sometimes seeing is believing haha

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

I’m surprised so many people take blocking so personally. Then again, I use that button as often as the left mouse button so I’m obviously biased lol


I know I’m not going to change their minds, and seeing their thoughts just disgusts me, so I choose to make it easier for me to not see it by blocking them.

[BadApple69]

What if you are the one who is wrong?


Sometimes we can be wrong and should listen to others, even if we don’t agree.


2024 election according to Google :
Trump 77 million votes (and change)
Harris 75 million votes (and change)


Sounds like Trump won popular vote.

[goaded]

How many votes were there in total? Did Trump win the majority of them?

[goaded]

Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote. Less than half. Not a majority.

[BadApple69]

Out of the 2 candidates he won the majority out of those who voted. What are you counting? The people who didn’t vote? Or maybe you’re counting illegals?
In any case there is one person who won more votes and one who won less. The one who got the most votes won the majority of the votes.

[goaded]

There weren't just two candidates, were there. Seriously, "What if you are the one who is wrong? "

[AviatorTom]

Everyone is entitled to state their opinion. I don't have to agree with it. I only block people who violate GaG rules and basic decency, which means I rarely block people.

I currently have no one blocked. I did have 12 people blocked, and I unblocked them a few months ago. Everyone deserves a 2nd chance.

[goaded]

Basic decency? To me, that includes admitting when you're wrong and not just gratuitous lies and insults.

Certainly justifies blocking the people on this opinion, don't you think?
So wait... Trump deports hard working illegals and imports a triple murderer? ↗

[AviatorTom]

@goaded By basic decency, I'm referring to personal attacks, links to or pictures of pornographic images and actions, excessive use of swearing and cussing, etc.

Re: the link... People should still be allowed to voice their opinion, no matter how much one disagrees with it. That's why open dialogue is so important in a free society.

[goaded]

There was one guy (not one of these) posted a picture of a child with a machete through their head. It took ages to get that taken down.

Did you look at those "opinions"? All perfectly reasonable, right?

"You're such a sad ignorant pompous socialist schmuck. "
"you're a pos coward. Go back to your little hobbit hole."
"You'll get flagged for a member post, and they're trying to get this account banned right now."
"Say "Hi." to your Uncle Daddy and Aunt Mommy for me."

[AviatorTom]

@goaded The first 3 are member posts/personal attacks, which violate GaG rules. The last one, though questionable and in poor taste, is just an opinion and doesn't violate any rules. I would have reported the first 3 and ignored the last one.

[goaded]

Seriously? You think that would do anything?

The third was associated with a claim that German law allows incest. Here's another comment from the same "opinion":
"@goaded the fact you report anything shows what a coward you are."

[MemeSupreme]

sounds like a slippery slope lol it can be

i usually avoid debates on here bc people just wanna win instead of genuinely talk, so i just walk away if i feel like im talking to a wall. i never block them but i get why someone would

[goaded]

Like I said, I've blocked 10 people in 10 years. They're still here, they're still as awful as they ever were.

[dustybiker2]

"Stop sharing truth. It hurts too much." *block*

Yes. I think I had a twenty hit this past week. Good riddance.

[AngryCarl2]

I probably have a few people blocked but I'm happy to engage with anyone in a polite discussion.

I don't think cowardice has anything to do with it. What are they going to do? Yell at their phone?

[Tamera952]

I agree with every one of those facts, because they are verifiable and objectively true.

[DryGermanGuy]

So strange, usually those allergic against facts rubes are the ones to block you first! :-D

[Gwendoline]

Yes it kinda is. Most people who block me here have done so because i have opinions that differ from their own and they prefer to live in an echo chamber of agreement

[Still-alive]

Nope. anyone who doesn't accept facts or the truth or is open to changing their mind through evidence and empirical data are not worth the time of day. no shame at all in blocking those people.

[goaded]

I think you missed a "not" in there somewhere, but thanks.

[Still-alive]

That seeyounexttuesday is the absolute worst. I'm certain now he would smile gleefully seeing a nonwhite people and lefties going to their deaths in camps smh.

[DonaldDarko]

Wait, you've come across people that think fine dust won't fall down in a vacuum?

[goaded]

Yes. Specifically asbestos dust. Apparently "been part of the purview of [his] career for the last 22 years". I think he doesn't know the difference between a vacuum and a vacuum cleaner. But to be sure, our original discussion involved video of a vacuum chamber, a feather and a hammer. So now he can't admit having been wrong.

Another one in the conversation that triggered this question is proud of the fact that he disproved the fact that Trump was convicted in January 2025 by claiming the court documents I linked to were fake.

You couldn't make it up.

[DonaldDarko]

I have twice talked to people online who insisted you can hear sound on the moon.

[goaded]

Even after you showed them the physics?

[DonaldDarko]

Forget showing them the physics, these people can't tie their shoes. I tried.

[OddBeMe]

Ehh... i usually dont block unless they spam me or dox me. Their idiocy helps us libtards

[qwerty2469]

No. Our time is valuable. Why waste it on a fool. Fools are not entitled to your time. Block away.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

Why waste time and energy on low IQ idiots?

[Sal_Monella]

Not of they insult, threaten or name call.

[beefcakebradybatson]

I try to ignore them.

[DrPepper12]

Ignore them.

[Iron_Man]

Yes …

[goaded]

OK, why? Bear in mind I've been blocked by dozens of people, and I don't dispute facts, just the spin people put on them.

[Iron_Man]

They are extremely sensitive if you don’t agree with them or if you are a moderator, they’ll block you

[goaded]

Ah, I was referring the few people I'd blocked, two of whom started to decided to call me a coward because of it.

[Iron_Man]

maybe you had good reasons I don’t know

[goaded]

Have a look at So wait... Trump deports hard working illegals and imports a triple murderer? ↗ and see what you think.

[Iron_Man]

Are you team Trump?

[goaded]

Not at all. Even if I was, I wouldn't be team "let brutal murders loose in my country".

The "counter argument" is that if he can be found, and if Spain extradites him, and if they have another trial (traumatising the families yet again), and if he's found guilty again, then he might go back to a prison like the one Trump let him out of.