Times when peoples shitty behaviour is used as an excuse to avoid criticism?

So, I was rewatching Hbomberguys RWBY video and while I don’t agree with everything he said, I did find interesting the part where he talk about the creators taking all forms of criticisms as attacks on them.

Now, both I and Hbomberguy know that those kinds of people exist and they most likely did send them shitty messages. But the idea that everyone criticism is like that is absurd.

Any other example where you notice that the creator is taking all forms of criticism as an attack on them?