Including your original comment for transparency.
I understand retaliation votes hurt, but that they have to be expected was mentioned in the post. There are many people here helping to recover from retaliation who you could have contacted, or we would have done that for you if you gave us a notice.
Lieing about your intention to follow the trail,and at the same time throwing everyone else under the bus by apologizing to and upvoting the circle jerker, giving him confirmation that his scare tactics work, is just sad.