This can largely be reduced to one of several motivations: 1. They mocker never liked the mockee anyway. This is just more fuel for the fire (eg [1]); 2. The

This can largely be reduced to one of several motivations: 1. They mocker never liked the mockee anyway. This is just more fuel for the fire (eg [1]); 2. The mockee changed their position to one the mocker didn't like. In certain areas maybe that makes the mockee a grifter. That certainly does happen. More often than not, this simply comes down the mockee no longer being aligned with the mocker; or 3. If someone takes a genuinely principled position, many times they'll get mocked because (in the eyes of the mocker) they need to be dragged down back to their level because any form of principled action threatens to expose the mocker. It's worth noting that people are particularly tribal or brand or team oriented. There's no critical thinking involved. I'm not sure what specifically motivated pg to speak out here. I'd be curious to know. Chances are there's a specific motivation. [1]: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/21/owning-the-libs-history-trump-politics-pop-culture-477203 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/21/owning-the...