One meta-level comment I have here is: while there are very many things that could very reasonably have caused this not to happen here, I think these sorts of controversial/gauntlet-throwing posts are generally much more valuable if the author is around to respond to comments and explore disagreements in more depth.
One meta-level comment I have here is: while there are very many things that could very reasonably have caused this not to happen here, I think these sorts of controversial/gauntlet-throwing posts are generally much more valuable if the author is around to respond to comments and explore disagreements in more depth.