I think we are in more agreement than you realize here, but sure. I can elaborate on the point you quoted, Mithron. There are currently 3 reasons I can think of where we may need to consider walking away for choosing our battles.


1. There are multiple right answers to a situation

In this case scenario, there is likely little reason to antagonize the person you are disagreeing with. You can still share your ideas, but you may need to agree to disagree.


2. The person is too high-strung to listen

This one can be a case-by-case basis for what is happening. Maybe the person hates admitting something is wrong with what they are doing. It could have been the right answer in the past with times changing (which happens a lot for MMO expansions changing classes). Maybe the person has been a victim of too many narcissists gas-lighting them. Whatever the case, the first step to solving the problem is usually for the person to admit something is wrong in the first place. If their pride is still in the way while they argue with you, everyone else may just see 2 angry people causing unrest. It may end up consuming too much of your time away from your real life duties since these types of arguments may make the person more resistant to listening as they get more angry. If there is any chance for them to listen, they will need to calm down first. Sometimes that requires walking away temporarily to think things over for both parties.


3. The person is a troll causing problems

Not much can be done when you are contending with this type of person. Their goals are typically to cause unrest and / or receive attention through negative behavior. It's usually best to ignore them and continue your conversation with the other people like as if the troll is not there. Report the troll if they start walking across too many grey lines to break the ToS if you have to.