Some people face challenges to their very right to exist online. Muting the people who say such things is easier than fighting or coping.

Look up spoon theory for a practical explanation.

I'm an overweight gay male probably on the autism spectrum with learning disabilities, I don't really like effectively being lectured on my privilege.

You'll never change the conversation if you don't engage with it - its perfectly fine to step away from time to time, but unplugging and living in your own reality serves no one.

I'm not trying to lecture you or tell you what to do. I'm saying this is why some people do what they do.

If you're saying that people who feel a need to block threatening voices shouldn't do so, who's lecturing, exactly?