Good observation. The Left has the upper hand, they’re going to remind you of that at every step, regardless.
“So you’re right, apologizing doesn’t make them go away, and in fact just the opposite. But you can’t bully them either”
I refuse to engage with anybody - right, left, or whatever - who seems like they just want to fight. (It drives an aggressive person nuts if you refuse to fight with him! And if he wants to take things one step further, I will remind him about my friends Ms Pepper Spray and Mr Hot Lead. He might be so angry he goes home and beats his kid and spends the rest of his life stalking me online, but he will keep his distance from me after that.)
Of course, some people just need to be told to f*** off. Loudly and repeatedly. They’re not worth arguing with and who cares of they change their “mind” or not? Too bad old Joe can’t do that! He has to polish those apples. Of course “rumble” is going to give him a crapton of money if he decides to make a home with them. In which case he will likely show his gratitude by ridiculing and dissing conservatives, the Military, etc. The great cycle of media-influenced BS rolls on.