Standards can be fluid, though. We don't have to live in a world where "one size fits all", and those who aren't wired for compatibility with the current societ

Standards can be fluid, though. We don't have to live in a world where "one size fits all", and those who aren't wired for compatibility with the current society have to suffer. Everything is subjective, at some level, no matter how much (or how successfully) we attempt to impart objectivity. It's seen through the lens of human psyche. Everything we witness is filtered by our entire life experience. Let's presume the author is not being deceitful. They voiced an opinion about cruft in the language, and received hateful messages that pushed them to entirely leave the community. How is that not bullying? Of course a bully is going to defend their behavior, because it deflects the focus away from them and onto the person accusing them of bullying. Bullying is a serious problem that pervades all of life. From childhood through to adulthood, bullies revel in making people miserable, either because they don't want to care about others (in which case they are a sociopath), or because they haven't been taught to care about others (in which case it could be argued that their parents were sociopaths). The thing is, none of the arguing changes the lived experience of the bullied. The only thing that will change that is people actively making the decision to treat others better.