Its pretty much a basic rule of online life not to read the comments. Whether its trolls who somehow find time to comment on millions of hours YouTube videos or determined efforts by Russian and American military and corporate social media specialists to influence foreign and domestic populations, its very likely that if you look at the comments on pretty much any post you'll just into a fight.
What makes comments so particularly infuriating is that there are just so many people who are wrong, and they all show up with carefully-crafted talking points. I say this without irony, because of course the people on the other side of the argument - the ones who you disagree with - believe you're showing up with predetermined and carefully crafted talking points.
