Eddie takes plenty on the chin. I'd go with he's copped ten times more than he's dished out over the years and with a lot more vitriol.
That happens all the time these days. Sheesh if you take the bolded text as a rule Andrew Dolt would have ground for claiming bullying given what's aimed at him by many people.
You are missing some very important points here. Workplace bullying generally applies to colleagues. It can apply to customers or clients as well but to establish the pattern you are looking for the same people involved individually or within a group.
In some of these instances you seem to be saying that someone giving out vitriol is being bullied if he gets it back. So you seem to be suggesting that the original perpetrator has no expectation to receive an equal or opposite reaction back, based on their own words.
Sure random people on an internet forum or out in public might say some unsavoury things that are more personal than addressing the professionalism or manner of what Eddie or Bolt have said, and while these reactions are not relevant or proper responses, these people don't have the power to influence that Eddie or Bolt do.
Regardless, you take the stance that other people cop it, so should she. Harden up.
Let me tell you, that this mentality is dying. The more we understand mental illness, societal stress and anxiety and the ramifications, the more outdated these concepts become.
Old school cops would recognise the Spoonful of cement and HTFU mentality, yet psychologists will tell you that a lot of these guys find themselves talking to them and phasing themselves out of the workforce before they are ready. It takes a toll.