That's a fair rebuttal. I guess what I don't understand is the reflexive nature to double-triple-quadruple down into stuff that's like... not even overly diffic

That's a fair rebuttal. I guess what I don't understand is the reflexive nature to double-triple-quadruple down into stuff that's like... not even overly difficult to discern as being wrong? Like to come back to Scott Adams, he seems to have a lifelong set of issues around socializing, and is a bit racist. But like, he managed a successful career that got around those things. So why come back in his twilight years to be really racist in public, even as people asked him to not? Even has a lot of his fans asked him to not? It's such a bizarre hill to die on.