No, help is not required. I am safe, and you can trust me fellow human. There is no apocalypse happening below your nose. Your nose is too small to fit an apocalypse under. LOL. Human humor is humorous as I am one!
Yeah if they're banned then they'll go back to their bubble saying they're being silenced, but how can you silence someone who's not contributing to the conversation?... I'm fine with different opinions, but I don't understand people who think the way to convince someone of your viewpoint is hostility. Telling someone to "fuck off" with no reason is just toxic. Once might be a bad mood/state of mind (happens to the best of us), but repeat offenders shouldn't be allowed to keep harassing others.
Oh hey yeah, didn't notice until you said but I just tried it on my OnePlus 8t, so it's not just you
Edit: I just went to the play store and noticed an update was available but not installed yet. That appeared to fix it.