Fantasy writer, I agree with you. Levin is definitely a vane, insecure bully who cannot handle criticism, especially from the right.
Levin has indeed when on neutral ground where he had no control attacked people’s character when they get the better of him instead of try to challenge their points.
Levin makes his own case that he is thin skinned. Imagine taking the time to go through the comments and delete all the criticisms. He’s overreacting more than a little, isn’t he?
I’ve heard people claim Trump is thin skinned. He let’s all his negative comments stay up, however, and I have not heard of anyone being banned.
Of course Trump has the advantage in that his negative commenters sound like deranged lunatics. Their bizarrely crazy insults probably help Trump a lot more than they hurt him.
That is Levin’s problem. His detractors sound immanently reasonable, make good points and raise excellent questions. Ergo, they and their comments have got to go. Sad.