I'm a member of a Facebook group which I like a lot. But there is this guy there who is known for his very strong opinions and every time someone expresses an opinion very different from his, he will badger the other party relentlessly until they lose or give up. On the whole, that's all he does. He doesn't threaten or private message people or anything crazy like that. He's just an arrogant d***head who thinks he knows things better than anybody on his pet topics and will not respect anyone who holds oppsing views. The worst thing is that he seems to bear grudges so if you disagreed once with him on one of his pet topics, you can be sure you will be getting another direct challenge from him the next time. Who knows, it could be weeks or months later, but he will do it again and badger the person or just tease or disagree with the person in a really disrespectful mocking way. The problem is, I have disagreed with him before and now find he is doing this to me constantly every month or so down the line. So today I felt like I've had the last straw and decided to block him.

My worry is ... in future when I respond or interact with other members of the group, he might see references people make about me in relation to my comments and then maybe start asking everyone why isn't he able to see any of my posts. Obviously I will only know he said that from reading other's responses, but I really still want to be part of the group so I don't intend to just leave the group if anything like that crops up. But how do you think would be the best way to respond to that situation should it occur?

I'm thinking if I tell everyone I've blocked him, wouldn't it create a very uneasy situation cos then it might be obvious I don't like him? I've been very civil to him so far, I just ignore his attacks. But dont feel like even seeing his posts any longer. Oh yeah and he's very chummy with some of the more antagonistic elements of the group and hey always band together to support each other's posts when one of them looks like they are "losing" an argument... He's a bit of a smooth talker. Some people in the group really seem to like him a lot. He's not stupid and sometimes he makes a good point but if only he wasnt so egotistic I would not have felt so fed up of seeing his caustic remarks .

Wwyd??

(Jeez after typing all that, I'm starting to wonder why I should even remain in the group lol... )