> So you are for peaceful/voluntary online segregation of people who don't share your values. Does this translate to the real world?
Of course it does. It's called having friends.
If you're having a conversation in a restaurant, and a stranger at another table overhears you and decides to interrupt with their contrary opinion, do you "owe" them an argument, or do you tell them to mind their own business and go away?
And then will the interrupter whine, "A restaurant is a public place! If you wanted to have a private conversation, you should have had dinner at home."
There's almost no situation IRL where you're arguing with strangers. That only happens online.
> Nobody is trying to force you to engage with anyone on Twitter.
Have you ever... been on Twitter?
Seriously, Twitter randos often consider it a badge of honor to get blocked by someone after they tweet unsolicited hostile replies. "Ha, they blocked me, what a snowflake! Can't handle any criticism."
Of course it does. It's called having friends.
If you're having a conversation in a restaurant, and a stranger at another table overhears you and decides to interrupt with their contrary opinion, do you "owe" them an argument, or do you tell them to mind their own business and go away?
And then will the interrupter whine, "A restaurant is a public place! If you wanted to have a private conversation, you should have had dinner at home."
There's almost no situation IRL where you're arguing with strangers. That only happens online.