The short story here is naive folks are often enamored of Winer. They're quite defensive of him. That is until they start seeing the horrendous way Winer operates using his hit-and-run, post-and-delete, abuse of people.

As I said to another naive winer fanboy, should we support wife-beating because it's a good way to support the makeup industry? How about child molestation? Should we support pedophiles because when the give sweets to little children it's supporting the candy industry? Plug that into the 'Uncle Dave' and 'vehicles with locked trunks' analogies and then factor in the 'abuses you because you dared speak out against him' tactics he employs. Yeah, it's a very ugly analogy but eerily similar.

At some point abusers realize their peers will no longer tolerate their behavior. They seek to reform their behavior or suffer from their peers rejecting them. In some cases they try blaming their peers. Or they try building a new audience of victims. The web, fortunately, routes around that manipulative tactic. Search engines and personal publishing.... the truth's best friend.

So how much longer are the peers going to turn a blind eye? At what point will they wise up and demand reform or reject the abuser? Sadly, it appears far too many people are willing to let it continue because they're not the targets of the abuse. Ask yourselves, would you rather see the abuse stop or wait until it comes looking for you?