Today, I once again heard that "blocking is cowardly." Other "cowardly" things, apparently: 1) Walking away from a bore at a party 2) Hanging up on telemarketers 3) Refusing to take every flyer handed to you as you walk down the Vegas Strip 4) Changing the channel Tweet added by David Avallone @DAvallone

David Avallone

4 years

Today, I once again heard that "blocking is cowardly." Other "cowardly" things, apparently: 1) Walking away from a bore at a party 2) Hanging up on telemarketers 3) Refusing to take every flyer handed to you as you walk down the Vegas Strip 4) Changing the channel

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Grant Wiggins 📽️🎙️

@WiggyWiggins

4 years

@DAvallone @OKBJGM I try to avoid it. In hopes some sort of civil ground can be found. I try to give everybody as much opportunity as I can before shutting it down.

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@GrantDubya @OKBJGM You have a LOT more time to kill than I do. Kudos for that.

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Colby Hall

@colbyhall

4 years

@DAvallone (coward)

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@colbyhall *crickets*

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Smeethesnowflake

@pointyhead23

4 years

@DAvallone Was your mom Fran?

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@pointyhead23 Yes. Indeed she was.

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Erika with a K

@imaginaryerika

4 years

@DAvallone I’m a big fan of the preemptive block. It’s made this place far more pleasant! Like having a bouncer at the door!

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@imaginaryerika Totally. I see chuds in other people's threads and nuke them from orbit. It's fantastic. Sometimes I will scroll down a whole toxic thread blocking every single idiot there.

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Allison Floyd

@AllisonRFloyd

4 years

@DAvallone I think it’s smart to walk away from someone who’s yelling nonsense and abuse in your face 🤷🏼‍♀️

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@AllisonRFloyd This seems obvious... unless you’re the person who wants the right to yell nonsense and abuse in peoples’ faces. Related: the person who said this was cowardly was an anon account talking to two people using their real names and faces...

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Doña Lee Ann

@msleeannb

4 years

@DAvallone I find people that block you just because you do not agree with them 100% on everything a bit cowardly....just saying. People don't know how to debate. They don't know how to reason.

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@msleeannb I mostly block people who are terrible at debating. Dumb, boring, intellectually dishonest... easy blocks. Here’s what people don’t understand about debating; it’s not about convincing the other person. It’s about the audience. If you made your point, you can walk away.

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Heather Linington-Noble

@AlainnFocail

4 years

@DAvallone As a woman on this here app, I am going to block anyone and everyone I damn well please.

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@AlainnFocail As well you should.

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Dylan Brody

@dylanbrody

4 years

@DAvallone The 'bore at the party' is about me, isn't it?

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@dylanbrody Never, Dylan.

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Democrat, Environmentalist, & the establishment

@BlueSteelDC

4 years

@DAvallone Block away- they are here to report you for anything you say. Block on rose sight

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@BlueSteelDC I have a prejudice against adults who self-lol.

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Guy out west.🇨🇦 Marc B

@marc_bohme

4 years

@DAvallone Dont forget closing the door on religious folks.

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David Avallone

@DAvallone

4 years

@marc_bohme It a longer version of this tweet that was one of the examples: not answering the door when the Jehovahs knock. It got edited out for space.

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