We're Internet trolls. He's a professional journalist. Of course he gets a pedestal, and along with it, expectations from us for how he conducts himself.
Where's the hypocrisy? This the Internet, there are no red carpets here. I'm not saying that's right or wrong, but if you EXPECT the Internet to grovel at your mere presence, then you're in for a rude awakening. Tim should have known this.
I've been berated here many times. And IIRC, it wasn't Timmy "dishing it out" or even participating in the "give and take," because if he had--like JW does--there wouldn't have been issues. Instead, he acted like the King of TSW, and the moment a glob of mud was hurled his way, he got all pissy.