Well, the rule here is to 'respect" all opinions. Unfortunately, the word "respect" has morphed into including "admiration" and "esteem."
It used to be that because you "respected" (saw clearly the background for and the error of) someone's opinion was the precise reason that a person neither admired nor esteemed that opinion.
That is why when I find a sufficiently egregious error in an answer or comment, I do correct it; but I never bother to read that person's reply to my correction.
Trolls don't ever want anyone to "let it go". Arguing a stupid point gives them fuel to put on the fire. It's fun to them. You take all that away by just making your point once and then letting it go. It's worked well for me even though I've only recently adopted this way of doing things. Let me make this clear. Disagree with me all you want, but I'm only going to give you one chance to do it.
This post was edited by Zack at October 18, 2018 3:57 PM MDT
I may reply initially, especially if I feel misunderstood. But will not engage in unpleasant differences of opinions by commenting further. I get enough of that with family lol