That's literally the absolute-free-speech feedback loop in action, isn't it? Someone making a statement that a person disagrees with, the second person making a

That's literally the absolute-free-speech feedback loop in action, isn't it? Someone making a statement that a person disagrees with, the second person making an argument against it, and the first person suffering a social consequence as a result. Substitute "a mob to ruin your reputation" for "educating a number of other people about how your argument is a bad one" for a less-hyperbolic result, maybe.