Um... Bullies? Nah. No bullies on DU; You must be talking about somewhere else...

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5. The author's contention is that strident disagreement with an opinion is the same as

tens of thousands of public demonstrations against a minority group by an organized religious group? Anyone who takes issue with the author's opinion or style is the same as attacking a minority group for existing, a group already lacking in actual legal standing, that is often victim of violence at the hands of those who attack them?
Hard to read past such hyperbole, especially when it is being used to criticize hyperbole in discourse. The author begins 'the people I take issue with are just like Fred Phelps because they speak in strident hyperbole when they take issue with me'. What?
Only of course the author uses the slur Phelps uses and lets us know he really does not know much about that 'guy' and his Google is broken so he has to type the slur. I always love it when people find a way to use slurs by talking about others who use them as if you can't say Fred Phelps or Westboro or just 'the God Hates' guy. Got to use the slur. To tell us how poorly spoken others are. Got to.