To be fair, we gossiped about THE ONE, and did coordinate our counter-activities in the original BIG THREAD (but it was called something else). Eventually, we were told politely but firmly by The Mighty Maestro not to do so. It was not an entirely one-sided affair, the fight between THE ONE and his cronies vs. The Army.
I did say it was like a war. A war requires at least two sides to fight.
Yes we did have some culpability in what happened but this dude was off the wall.