To answer the question ( and because Wardy used me as his example) I'm afraid I have to stick up for him in response to crete's posts and vouch for the fact that he doesn't indiscriminately pick on the weak then learn what their Achilles heel is and make their lives hell for it, because he knows a great deal about me, some very negative things ( previous drink & drug addiction, violent prison record, political leanings, deaf child, ASD child, born in a "difficult area", abused as a child, brain injury etc), yet he has never once seen fit to single out any of those things when posting in my direction. He will disagree with me and takes the mick out of the fact I'm Irish, but as I've treated him with respect, so he has treated me. Always.
I'm not saying he doesn't have tongue in cheek digs at stereotypes, but that is all they are. I've had rows with RATTER too, ( now resolved I think) and I have been far more offended by other ABer's that either of them. It's cyber space, it's a site where people air their views, get daft, get serious and all of the in-betweens, including insulting each other. It's honestly not the end of the world.