The archiving should happen, even if the corpus must go into cold storage ("unavailable to the public") until a time more reasonable, civil discourse over the contents can occur, but those who participate in online conversations should do so cautiously for obvious reasons.
Tangentially, "never put something in writing you wouldn't want to see on the front page of a newspaper" is just good life advice. Have a phone call or in person meeting instead.
Not sure how much longer that will be the case. People will soon be walking around with the personal equivalant of a police officer's body camera, always on, recording every moment and every interaction with another person.
I would be reluctant, and probably refuse to talk to anyone wearing such a device, but it won't be long before it's not even obvious.
Not sure how email is an answer. It sound like the rule is "don't do/say it at all, if you didn't want it to be public."