It doesn’t matter how in-the-right you are and how in-the-wrong the other party is. Take the higher ground and don’t add fuel to the fire. That goes double when you’re on a bike and the other party is in a car.
I had an inconsiderate driver cut me off. I chose to get up right behind him and duck down so I could glare at him in his rear view mirror. Traffic slowed ahead which brought him to a stop. At this point, he had established himself more correctly in the lane so that I could swerve around him using the shoulder. But wet leaves made it slippery and I had to use the hood of his car to keep my bike upright. Bang went my hand. A quarter mile up the road, he buzzed me at pretty high speed.
Escalating isn’t worth it. Just give the inattentive and inconsiderate more space, so that you can keep pedaling along, today and tomorrow.