It took me a while to learn this, but it really is best not to feed the trolls. This isn’t to say that debate is impossible, obviously real discussions among people is healthy and possible. BUT most of the time on the internet (and sometimes in real life too), people are just looking for a fight and no one ever wins (in fact everyone loses). Very few people want to really learn, or even listen to each other. For the most part, no good comes from it for anyone. Especially for discussing complex or controversial issues. Or when someone just wants to play “Devil’s Advocate”. Anyway, the bottom line is sometimes the best thing you can do is not engage. You don’t owe anyone a “debate”.

(via: Just Sock Thoughts)

tl;dr: Don’t feed the trolls. Let them die. Live your best life.