alleyyooper , I'm afraid your view of things is pretty narrow and one sided. Clearly you have no idea what it takes to keep this forum fit to be on and how hard I try to keep it fit. I'm disappointed in your perception. Sometimes you have to circle the wagons for protection and to fend off future hostility from just over running you.
When something like this occurs among a close knit group, its not a bully reaction, its like when the bully smacks your brother. The other brothers come together to make sure the bully or none of his friends ever does that again.