User blog comment:DevonAndersen/Nathan's Twitter Block Explanation/@comment-1976613-20111027004253/@comment-3247345-20111027054514

If people are calling Madisen a bitch or a whore definitely derserve to be blocked. I have 2 problems with the way Nathan handled this, however. First, he blocked people simply because they tweeted they don't like Madisen. These tweets were not aimed at him or Madisen. Yeah, he can see them. For me, it's like in real life overhearing someone across the room saying they're not fond of your girlfriend. It wasn't aimed at you, they weren't trying to offend you or your girlfriend, and you just accidently overheard. What he did would the the real life equivalent into barging into the conversation and telling off the person. It just does more damage, like it did in this case. If they say it to you though, you have the right to tell them off. That's not what happened in most of these cases. My second problem is that he's hell bent on pretending like Madisen is innocent in this whole thing when there's clear and convincing evidence that Madisen started this whole thing. Pretty much everyone agrees those DM's are real. He's the only one who insists they had to have been faked. If he's out to correct bad behavior, he needs to correct everyone, not just some people. That means correcting his girlfriend. Otherwise he looks like a hypocrite and no one will take him seriously when he says he's taking a stand against bullying.