Softblocking is the most important twitter skill no one ever taught you.
Block and then undo the block in the few seconds you’re offered. You’ve just managed to make the offender unfollow you and they have to be very smart and conscientious to notice they have unfollowed you. Most will never realize they lost you as a trigger for their snowflakery.
I don’t block unless you’re an obvious fascist or ultra nationalist and then you should eat a bag of dicks and no you cannot enjoy my tweets for free you scum
The smart fascists and ultra nationalists will self-censor to keep their stupid precious followership in position.

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