I politely disagree. Speaking on behalf of the aggressive lobby, we would like the gentle ones to show a little backbone, and grow a thicker hide. It might help them to stick around longer. Iron cannot sharpen iron without generating some friction in the process.
The poster's logic here is that the "aggressive lobby" gets to dish it out, but the gentle ones must be nice and take it without "whining".
That kind of logic doesn't fly with me.