There's a careful balance going on here. It is just a game, but the things that happen in game are not always devoid of out of game context.
A high profile member of SPEAR admitted to targeting the player behind a CMDR and not the CMDR itself. When criticized for this position, they offered no additional comment and were defended by additional high profile SPEAR members. My commenting was prolific and pointed.
That's all well and good. Adversarial debate is healthy for all of us.
However mere days later said high profile members and a significant amount of their allies were at my in-game doorstep specifically calling me out as the reason they are there. This is not embellishment. This is not twisting facts. This is a straight reading of what really happened. There is no other meaningful interpretation to this series of events. Of course, SPEAR is welcome to comment on a public thread but they fact they haven't is damning.
Considering the history of SPEAR and what they stand for I'm not surprised the OP was posted and that others have commented as they have. Of course many of them are my friends in game and out, but it's up to SPEAR to defend themselves. Not us.
Without equivocation Elite is a game and as far as our side of the conflict goes it's all for fun. Does that mean we won't call out toxic attitudes? Of course not. Darkness abhors the light. But at the end of the day we are in on the joke.