@Ramhound I can also understand. All I'm saying is that giving in to triggering, at best, changes no one's mind; at worst, it escalates, further derailing OP, sacrifices screen space, and expends mental energy, participant or not. Tetsujin didn't initiate, but his emotional response, particularly Shut up, threw gas on it, and no surprise, it leveled up into a flag fight. Not to defend the other guy. Your comment above put it well, for everyone: You do X, and then you move on. Whether that's ignoring the instigator or calling for a mod, anything will be better than adding gas.

I agree. To be fair, however, Tetsujin didn't exactly display mature, exemplary behavior either with his rage retorts. Emotional commentary like that just throws gasoline on interactions like these, interactions which could have been defused had calm/coolness prevailed.