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In reply to the discussion: Why we must resist the bullying of Will Pitt and others here. [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)I never saw him claim he was bullied, never saw him running round DU in one of the many swarms that frequent this place, and I got the strong impression he wasn't someone who was cowed by attacks and stuff.
I didn't realise he supports Bernie Sanders. Now I know and after reading through this thread, I think what you pointed out runs both ways. Some of those in this thread and the other threads I've seen are doing the 'good riddance to bad rubbish' and 'he wasn't bullied but me and my friends are bullied!' routine because of what tribe they're in.
This reminds me of pro-sense, another poster who, like Will Pitt, I don't have any strong feelings about one way or the other. I saw post after post from a few DUers who've appeared in this thread insisting she was driven off DU and bullied and stuff, even though I never saw pro-sense claim she was bullied. Sometimes people leave because DU just isn't doing it for them anymore for a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes they come back and sometimes they don't.