It's certainly not the clearest post the man has ever made but I think there are some lessons to be learned from the meta-content of it all. To my eyes there a

It's certainly not the clearest post the man has ever made but I think there are some lessons to be learned from the meta-content of it all. To my eyes there are two lessons here... 1. If you treat people fairly and truly have a good reputation in a community that will do more to defend your reputation than anything else. Because people will stand up for you. 2. If you are a person who has been treated fairly by someone else you should start thinking of it as your duty to defend them against attacks. Because in a world where an anonymous person can ruin someone's reputation it's up to all of us to protect each other against such attacks. Again he wasn't very clear and I have no inside information but those seemed to be the clear lessons (at least IMHO)