I don't think they are pathetic. I think they are at a loss for words. Besides, the word "nazi" has regrettably come to be used loosely to describe someone who

I don't think they are pathetic. I think they are at a loss for words. Besides, the word "nazi" has regrettably come to be used loosely to describe someone who is too strict with respect to an agenda ("grammar nazi" etc), which I would say is quite applicable here. Still a bad choice of a word, in my opinion; at least a veneer of decency should be maintained.