@Nerdcoresteve
Mastodon is very much not like twitter a lot of the time, especially in certain instances with a different community attitude. you can engage with people in good faith, so it doesn't have to be an 'argument' in the typical sense. its usually not ever a fight. Just, if they're a mutual, assume they like you and don't want to have an ugly fight with you and are willing to listen to your points.