Fortunately, I don’t recall ever having a real-life argument about Star Wars. It’s not really something that’s worth getting heated about, whether IRL or online, and while I’ve gotten in online arguments before sometimes, I’d prefer not to.
Right after TFA as well as after TLJ came out, I talked with a few friends about our thoughts on the movie. The people I talked to generally liked it, we respectfully disagreed and discussed our thoughts on it, and that was the end of it. Even if I actually did get heated (which I wouldn’t), I’d never want to jeopardize a friendship over something trivial like that. I knew this guy online once who had a violent hostility toward ST fans. Like, he’d refuse to even associate with them, and would want them out of his life. To me, that’s just so small-minded and sad.