I meant to imply the consumers of his stuff were most likely virtue signaling. Not he himself. Your phrasing implies that dismissing someone without engaging s

I meant to imply the consumers of his stuff were most likely virtue signaling. Not he himself. Your phrasing implies that dismissing someone without engaging someone is a bad thing. On the contrary it’s recognizing that most people’s opinions are based on nothing but their sense of community identity and aren’t worth engaging at all.