Who Wants to Be Sprayed by a Skunk?

Regardless of your politics, your religion, your race, gender or national origin, education, socio-economic status or what you do for a living, there is simply no place that is the right place to avenge yourself for wrongs done to you or just randomly spread your bitterness toward your fellow human. Social media should not be a place to harass other people, to pour out hatred and beat up on others with words. But for some people, that seems to be some people's favorite pastime. The world, and especially the digital world, seems to have become in many cases a dumping ground for people who are so inclined to spew rudeness, disrespect and hostility, and it really should stop. There are people who can't speak to their relatives because they have different voting preferences, because they have different policy beliefs, even different ideas of what is sin or even what sin is. None of this gives anybody the right to be spiteful and mean-spirited on a public forum, any more than it does face to face. I have begun to believe that there are a lot of unhappy people in the world because they are unable to make their peace with other people, with themselves and/or with God. That is the bottom line. I believe that in America we can have different beliefs without being hateful. There is really no excuse for it. Especially since 2020, I have seen more cases of unfriending, division, backbiting, accusing and estrangement in families than I ever thought possible. When relationships are harmed because of differences of voting preferences, I believe we can say that is evidence of a serious mental condition. You can call it addiction, you can call it obsession, you can call it cultism, but whatever you want to call it, it is hurtful and harmful and if you are doing it, you need to seriously consider changing your behavior. You are hurting others but you are hurting yourself more. I believe people who do this are miserable, and because of this, I feel sorry for them, but I don't excuse their behavior. A person I know has been fighting against me--striking out, like a person obsessed--for eight years now with apparently no end in sight. What do I do? What can I do other than leave them in their "can't play with others" condition? I have tried to reason with them, I have not returned their insults, I have ignored, I have tried to relate in a civil manner, but this person is unwilling. So, I let it go. The extent of this person's inner poison aimed at me is way beyond anything I have ever experienced from anybody, and I don't like the feelings inside of me that the hatred ignites. To be perfectly honest, it reminds me of what a skunk does. You know when they feel threatened, they spray at their enemies that putrid, vile-smelling substance God gave them to protect themselves from predators, and whether you're a predator or just someone passing by, you're going to be repelled by that smell. And that is exactly how I see this. I do not hate this person but this person clearly hates me and anyone who believes like me. It's really something I have never before seen in my life and I will definitely keep my distance from now on. Who wants to be sprayed by a skunk?