Amen to that.
Anyone being shit on, never back off. The thing the trouble makers all want is for them to be allowed the first attack and then when countered, cry wolf to stop or hope the victims lose interest. All that does is allow the first movers room to live another day and do more another time.
Think of it like a hornets nest pissing you off in your backyard. You can either swat them one by one or avoid them hoping they go away. They probably wont go away. Or you just say fuck it and look for the nest nearby in one of the trees and get rid of it. Will another nest pop up again? Maybe. But at least that hoard of hornets are done for now. And it takes time to build another. In the meantime, you can always be proactive and prevent another giant nest forming in the future.
Never let someone retread their stupidity on you over and over again. If you do, you got a lot of patience and tolerate being repeatedly jabbed.