I was sympathetic to this argument up to the point at which the author, who I have never heard of, started arguing his own case. I disagree with denigrating so

I was sympathetic to this argument up to the point at which the author, who I have never heard of, started arguing his own case. I disagree with denigrating someone's achievements because of other things they have said or done. But this person seems to be dragging Eich into his own personal misery.