That was me! I'll own it. I also said some deeply fucked things to Troy once or twice, both of them were incidents when people were making light of people who succumbed to drug addiction. I struggled with heroin addiction for eight years and was addicted to heroin when they made those comments, so they were close to home and I wanted to hurt them as badly as I felt hurt. Was I out of line? Yes. That doesn't mean they weren't being total pieces of shit themselves and didn't deserve personal attacks, just not the ones I chose. Hardly the only times I've done or said something offensive myself. You wanna know what it took me to see where I needed to grow? Being called out by people who I respect.
It does not surprise me one bit that many members on this board are not in support of safer spaces and that straight, white males are unconcerned with what their "freedom of speech" means for people who have experienced real trauma.
It's like, if you think that calling people "faggot" or throwing n-bombs is protected by your "freedom of speech" then I can think of few other people off the top of my head more deserving of a punch in the face.