[NilMostChill]

It being common doesn't mean it's OK, it also doesn't mean people aren't allowed to be upset by it.

Casual racism and bigotry are common, "You probably need to calm down a bit" is dismissive and condescending.

[luckylion]

It being common doesn't make it OK, but it does make it not a personal attack.

Exploit scanners are common, they are not someone attacking you personally.

I'd be surprised if the mass download and the exploit scanner were even related. Much more likely they weren't and somebody just messed up some bot they were building and fetched everything in a loop.

It's annoying, yes, but it's not personal. Nobody is attacking him personally. Feeding into that understanding of the situation isn't helpful, just like you shouldn't encourage people who believe they are the victims of gang stalking because they've seen 5 red cars this morning.

[NilMostChill]

None of what i said had anything to do with the nature of the attack, personal or otherwise.

The author seems to be taking it a bit personally but they don't seem to be implying an attack targeted to them exclusively as much as an attack that they experienced personally but it could be either i suppose.

The blog post was, "this is a thing that happened, followed by another thing i think was related, i am upset, here is why"

Your response was "this is common, suck it up"

The post itself doesn't mention any sort of persecution or targeted attack.

What you said was dismissive and condescending, being technically correct about things that are unrelated doesn't negate that.

[efilife]

"Casual racism and bigotry are common"

Where?