I was around on the FFXIAH forum days and that whole dramafest too haha, a lot of the vitriol was unnecessary but avoidable in some places too.
While I agree a lot of it was absolutely awful and no one deserves that level of bullying, I do think that it could have been handled on both sides a bit better. I am glad that it finally subsided though, as a victim of years of bullying myself I can relate pretty darn well to what she went through, that kind of thing does give you a lot of resolve if you can make it through it, but at the end you kinda realize that sometimes it's just better to keep your head down and shine amongst like minded people, because not everyone is going to share your opinion. (If they did, life would be boring!)
I hope my mini ramblings make sense?
tl;dr - Let's all hug it out.