2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Cornel West Backs Bernie Sanders [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)He has engaged in more personal attacks than you care to imagine. Most of them were allowed to stand...
By the way, birds coming home to roost is an American colloquialism. Me wishing a bully to be bullied is the only way, sometimes, that bullies get it. It is part of a now well understood pathology among adults (and children). You have no idea how much I feel sorry for them. To the point of empathy. These are people in deep pain. But that does not mean he (and his pals) have not caused a lot of pain to me and others. Many of the others were simply chased away. I am a glutton for punishment I guess, or simply too stubborn to let them win.
As I said, becuase of them I have to hand moderate a site. Every so often they try their bullshit... and they get banned all over again. Yup, they use socks. They even have tried to attack my readers... and they have yet to get any of their attacks through... but trust me, it takes far more work to keep that site SAFE FROM BULLIES, than it should.
I asked a few times that the owners do that here. They make the place safe. Their answers and behavior tells me that they prefer to have the bullies do the dirty work of chasing people they do not particularly like away. It is not a bug, it's a feature.