What I’ve discovered is that even if you definitively know something, that won’t stop someone online from snapping back with stupid, every step of the way. What’s worse, my rule of threes says that in any discussion, one third of their points will be wrong, one third of your points will be wrong, and the middle third will remain an area of durable disagreement.
There’s no cure for online idiots, but, fortunately, your own ignorance is correctable. Get into an argument with someone? Don’t try to get the last word – go look up the truth. (Or do the work to prove it, if it isn’t known). And be satisfied with your own answers.
Because if you found the truth and told them, that particular person isn’t likely to listen anyway.
-the Centaur
