People who have never held BTC are not bears. They are just intensely regretful. People who have held BTC in the past, and then exited the market are not bears. They are just unfortunate.
Bears sell their BTC because they would like more BTC in the future. They are to be respected.
What about people who don't believe in BTC, never believed in BTC, and are taking that belief and attempting to profit from it by taking a short BTC position?
I'd define them as "bears", but they hardly fit into this schema.