I try to respond to readers who disagree with me, but I won't waste time if they come back with "slurs", ie: libtard, tribalist, etc. It's not that those words hurt me or harm me, it's just that a person who uses such words usually has a closed mind. Also, some of the responses that show up immediately after I post and article, from readers that I don't recognize as regulars, that are filled with vitriolic comments, I assume to be bots. Bots don't want you to step outside the established status quo opinions of the mainstream media.