Lemme see if I have this straight.

Real-state investor uses a soapbox to yell about crazy, baseless
conspiracy theories. Most of the evidence offered rests on assertions,
suppositions, insinuations, and claims of fact that evaporate beyond
the guy's say-so. There's also a comical insistence that he is the
real community activist, the genuine patriot, the true American. But
his history has been one of hostility to the concerns of others in his
community. In fact, he's always characterized people who disagree with
him as fools, knaves, fascists, foreign interlopers and thugs who want
to interfere with his personal use of public space.

But the real estate investor continues. Because every so often,
_someone_ out there is tricked into believing that he shares their
interests and political outlook, and demagogues see followers as their
personal vindication. And since refuting the claims would take more
energy than they're worth, the guy goes unanswered... so he claims
that the silence is his vindication, too.

Finally, when this nonsense has gone on long enough, the real-estate
guy's targets respond. Maybe they, too, are a little testy, which is
understandable after putting up with this for so long. But he claims
this, too, as a vindication, as proof that he was right all along. "I
made them _reply_. I made them _listen to me_. That makes me
_important_."
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