TEOTWAWKI wrote: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating.
That's a profound observation. It is all that and it's the one thing that anyone, no matter how reknowned or how anonymous, can make use of to bring someone down.
I used to revere the concept. But as I grow older I get softer and mellower and start to feel bad for the targets of it.