The point of the author being? Since he has poor manners, or Asperger's syndrome, or he lacks vision to lead the free software movement into the future, then it

The point of the author being? Since he has poor manners, or Asperger's syndrome, or he lacks vision to lead the free software movement into the future, then it's okay to plant news stories, coat them with outrageous not-technically-lies and perform character assassination on him?