He and his buddies had and endless list of grievances involving political this and that. Nothing seemed to happen that wasn't somehow 'political.' They surrounded themselves in this thicket of 'logic' where the simplest explanation was impossible and conspiracies were the most obvious answer to them. Thankfully it was long before social media as we know it.

He was fired for leaving some nasty bigoted comments in code.

But for the record I have no idea who these folks at Facebook are or their motivations.

If the guy I'm thinking of made the news, you wouldn't know either.