I don’t feel bad about my actions. I kept trying to get him to see the problem. I kept trying to get him to see that everyone being upset at him all the time wasn’t a fluke. I explained how, even if he was sure he was right, that there was a time to back off.
At every attempt, he treated me like I was being stupid, but I was doing my best to help. I could tell he was upset being here, and I kept trying to get him to see what he could change to be less upset here. But it was more interesting to him to get back at people.
And, yes, I kept trying to get him to understand his bigotry and change. He kept acting like he wanted to, saying he was in line with feminists and anti-racists. But he would not disavow anything horrible he’d previously said.
I was going to say that he was probably the best of a bad lot, but I don’t think that’s quite right. I do think he seemed the one most capable of changing, though. And, unlike the others, he sometimes had the germ of a good idea, instead of being here to “pwn the libs.”
Not going to weigh in on how valid his banning is. I kinda feel like @SpiceWeasel there. Though, in my case, it’s that there’s too much shitty going on in my world right now for me to get all upset over someone who had been pushing and pushing for years, even if it turns out the last straw wasn’t really valid. If it weren’t this, it would be something else.