He's damaging his reputation by defending his reputation?![]()
It's the manner in which his post is written. It is full of emotion and comes across (quite rightfully) as very confrontational. However, what he should have done is responded with a less emotional response.

I work for an online Bingo site, if a member comes in and says they have a cold, within 15 minutes half of the room will all being dying of cancer or some very rare tropical disease. From that experience alone, I can confirm that the vast majority of people online talk utter rubbish to get people to give them attention. As is obviously the case here!