...It always strikes me as the logic of a bully: "These awful things I'm doing to you will make you stronger; so my cruelty is actually a favor. You're welcome." 
I mean, if you really think about it, what doesn't kill you can leave you crippled, insane, broken, damaged, paranoid, shattered, or a shadow of your former self. It can also make you vengeful, hateful, cruel and bitter. None of which sound "stronger" to me. And a lot of which apply to those who've been driven off DI by those ruthless, vile comments. Unless, of course, your view is that all those run-off people were "killed." In which case...how many people do we allowed to be killed so that those that remain will be "stronger"? I kinda think the forum wants to make sure democrats feel welcome and able to discuss politics peacefully, and so have plenty of members...rather than making them feel like they've entered into the hunger games.
And I kinda think democrats that want to "strengthen" their ability to deal with vile comments and hunger game antics will have plenty of chances to do that on forums where they're arguing with republicans. They hardly need to get more of it here.
I'll posit you an alternative quote:
"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members."
I would hope democrats would try to create a most civilized place to discuss politics. If not for its own sake, then in the hopes that it might spread out to the wider world and, maybe, weaken the trolls rather than requiring that the weak become trolls to survive.
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