Ignoring hate messages carries no moral obligation to respond

Evidence

Therefore, there is nothing dishonorable about simply ignoring non-public hate messages. It might be possible to reach some of the writers and make them think with a surprising counter-action such as the house calls by Mrs. Künast, but the effort would be disproportionately high for most of those affected. One also owes no answer to the authors of insulting, racist, sexist or similar hate comments: by the way they formulate them, they themselves have decided that they do not want to engage in meaningful dialogue. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 340

Categorization

• APHORISMS: Reframes the felt duty to answer every attack: the attacker’s own form of address has already forfeited their claim to a reply.