Cross paths with, blimey, really?! I've only come across your name a few times and yes, we have differing views
In this sentence, you acknowledge you have encountered Boiledbeetle.
Hardly crossed paths though, unless disagreeing with you is crossing paths now?!
What the gilded goldfish do you think "crossing paths" means?
It's idiomatic speech that means you have encountered someone! It's imagery to convey that sometimes you pass someone going somewhere, as you are on your way somewhere else.