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In reply to the discussion: Why we must resist the bullying of Will Pitt and others here. [View all]BainsBane
(53,031 posts)You didn't post threads insisting people defend members in those situations, that I have seen anyway. You did so because Will got grief for an article he wrote 9 years ago. How about Bobolink? Did you post a thread for her? Because really, stuff like that, death and rape threats and continual, continual insults, strike me as worse than criticism for an old article. Not that I see much point of resurrecting something that old. I don't. I agree it was uncalled for and mean-spirited, but this portrait of a martyr being painted in this thread is extreme, particularly in comparison to much worse, more dangerous sorts of comments others have been subjected to.
Not only that, you don't even express concern about any of what I mentioned. An off handed comment that they are included in the term "others." No, I don't believe they are. I see running throughout the comments in this thread a hierarchy of intrinsic human worth equated to sameness of thought, life experiences, and adherence to political orthodoxy.