I don't think the author's account is complete here, not because he is lying, but because he cannot face the truth, which is that in order to make his case agai

I don't think the author's account is complete here, not because he is lying, but because he cannot face the truth, which is that in order to make his case against a viewpoint academia considers to be beyond the pale, he would be obliged to understand and make a fair representation of the viewpoint he is attempting to refute. Attempting such a project, even from a stance of strong opposition, would be enough to provoke anger and enmity from people who find such opposing views so intolerable they simply wish to 'disappear' them.