I’d disagree with the notion that “this post made a really serious effort to optimize for maximizing damage to the reputation to at least one of the major Schelling points in the Rationality community.” The thing I was optimizing for was getting people to be more skeptical about Eliezer’s views, not ruining his career or reputation. In fact, as I said in the article, I think he often has interesting, clever, and unique insights and has made the world a better place.
See also my reply to Eliezer. In short, if you’re writing a post arguing for why we should trust someone less, I don’t know why you can’t start out with the broad claim and then give the reasons. Eliezer doesn’t defend that practice—he just asserts that it’s basic rationality.
Here, I explain my views on the matter. https://benthams.substack.com/p/hordes-of-vultures-descend-on-bostrom