You're still adding fuel to the fire so you ARE being a hypocrite, more so than me. You seem to have put more thought into your pennyarcade revelation than you did in your "joking" comment spawned from misinterpretation of events (i.e. naivety or ignorance). Your "joking" comment makes you look weak-minded and hypocritical to me.

At least when I say something I stand by it, rather than calling it a "joking statement."

Addendum: It doesn't matter if your joke wasn't meant to be interpreted as bullying. Tell that to the kids who were shot at some school because they bullied some kid and they thought it was "all in fun." Be careful what you say everywhere you are, internet or not, because it might just come back to bite you in the ass someday.

There's nothing stopping anyone from taking what you say the wrong way.