I am sorry to hear that you were bullied.
IMO, when people do things like this, they are letting darkness control them; another sign can be when a lot of accusations and judgements are thrown around. It tears people down instead of building them up. Darkness wants to divide our communities and families. Love usually unifies. It is the opposite of darkness. However, IMO when darkness goes over the line, that is when we need our justice systems, due processes and such (moderators too?
) to work well in order to stop al the damage evil causes.