There are enough stories criticizing "the tolerant left" to support the notion that had Moodles been in the opposite end of this situation, he likely would not

There are enough stories criticizing "the tolerant left" to support the notion that had Moodles been in the opposite end of this situation, he likely would not have reacted in the same extreme way. There is a culture with an express goal of fostering intolerance of average people, and San Francisco hosts a concentration of it.