As best as I can recall, the only time I have deleted a comment on one of my Facebook posts was if the person used profanity, was abusive, or stated something that was outright false or heretical. I don’t believe I have ever removed a comment simply because someone disagreed with me, or even if they made an argument against my stated position that I couldn’t easily refute (in other words, I don’t delete comments to save my own reputation).
Over the past week, I was involved in a discussion in the comment thread on a political post. I had been in a back-and-forth with a few people, and after the 3rd or 4th day, I took a break from reading and responding, as I wanted to guard my spirit and not allow myself to get overly worked up or feel the need to adamantly defend my views. I took this break even though I had email notifications that this or that person had mentioned me in a comment, and I knew they were participants in that discussion thread.
