We all know that calling someone an “idiot” is unaceptable

I would like to suggest that saying “some people here are idiots” is also unacceptable

Do we get to abuse people as a group – nope

and then when people point out the abuse we can’t say “it wasn’t about you” because it was 🙂

Wasn’t it?

OR
At least the abuse was aimed at someone and it’s abuse and it’s unacceptable to abuse anyone.
Isn’t it?