Gary Drescher wrote:

Yes, but "spouting off" to people of opposing viewpoints is a crucial
element of democracy, however unwelcome it is to those opponents.

Be that as it may, hostile actions evoke anger and hostility in return. That's
where the animosity comes from.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.