It's another big news / disturbing news day.
I'm looking at a toot in which the name of a key individual is deliberately obscured. For the sake of those who filter by keywords, I strongly suggest not doing that.
As a reminder:
CWs hide payload, they also make viewing threads much more difficult, especially when explicitly opened to view in an unauthenticated session. This is a long-standing misfeature of Mastodon that I'd really appreciate @Gargron and #MastoDevs address. I generally though not always limit my use of CWs on account of this. I do include keywords and hashtags which can be filtered if at all possible.
Many Fediverse interfaces offer keyword filtering. You can drop topics and terms into your profile configuration, either permanently or on a temporary basis.
If someone begs off a discussion, let them be. My preferred response is simply to apologise and acknowledge, privately. "My apologies, dropped". If you attack in response, you're not a good person, just sayin'.
And as fair warning, I may have things to say on news events. If you'd prefer to mute or block me, that's your prerogative. That said, I think it's critically important that significant issues can be discussed publicly, with intelligence and respect.