Your footnote is really appreciated. I think there is a lot of trauma in this world and coping is a daily struggle for many of us. My hat is off to you.
I don't know -- in discourse, it's perfectly fine to dispute ideas (it's the foundation of Western civilization and of analytical thought, and is a means to knowledge and wisdom).
If we cannot argue in a marketplace of ideas, we are prevented from having hard but necessary conversations. We need to adhere to parameters of civility of course, but to me, a necessary freedom is the freedom to disagree/dispute. Some ideas are truly wrong and they need to be put through the crucible.
That said, I've always been told to always "address the ideas, not the person" (never attack someone's character) and to adopt a pose of "curiosity".
