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If they have that kind of time, and no life I would find that rather amusing...

I am sure they would tire of it long before I would get offended by it. and I can assure you I would could, and have responded far more decisive and penetrating insults...

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If there's one thing we've learned from the last two-decades-odd of the Internet being ubiquitous, it's that one cannot, in fact, outlast the harassers. They organize and they take shifts. They can keep the harassment going as long as it takes. They can keep it up until you are dead. And they can do it at scale.

That's why cutting off their ability to do it through various channels is so important.

The internet reduces the cost of being an ass, both in terms of reach and being punched in the face for harassment

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