I'm baffled about this because the amount of hatered and insults I see from Knots maxis towards anyone who dares to speak has been insane. I've been called the worst things imaginable. It's a horde of extremist trolls. They've even sent several deaths threats to developers. Mechanic himself said "I'm not going to tell anyone to not be violent" – that's the definition of a demagogue.

Definitely sounds like selective perception to me.