Are we attempting to defend people who say something about someone from people who say something about them by saying that people have the right to say something about someone and somehow place the blame back on the second person?
Person A says something bad about person B
Person C says something bad about person A because they said something mean.
Person D says something bad about person C because they said something mean about person A and defends person A noting they have the right to say something mean
The logic (or lack of) it takes at this point is baffling me.
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. Its not" - Dr Suess