I think this is a fundamental principle of ethics: If there is chain of causes leading up to a morally wrong event, The person responsible is the one nearest to the event in that chain. For example, a woman’s rape could in some sense be caused by the fact that she is wearing a tight dress. But the person morally responsible for that rape is the rapist, not the woman. Similarly, the harassment that drove Dorman to suicide was caused by Chapelle’s comedy, which in turn caused Dorman to defend him. But the people morally responsible for Dorman’s suicide are the harassers, not Chapelle or Dorman herself. This is because free will requires moral responsibility, and so if something in your environment pressures you to do something morally wrong, you have an obligation to resist that pressure. We don’t blame the match even though it caused the explosion. But we do blame the person holding the match, because unlike the match, they could have done otherwise. The angry bloggers and tweeters who attacked Dorman (who have no more right to be called "the Trans community" than Dorman herself) may have been "triggered" by Chapelle's special. But that does not absolve them from the obligation to refrain from threatening Dorman just because she disagrees with them.

That’s all I need to say about that. I hope it’s reasonably clear. I’m glad to see that you are back on medium, and hope you will return to posting more of your stories. I followed them up after reading your comment, and I found them fascinating.