@ossobuco,
Sorry, but I don't know what a "dp camp" is.
I'm not trying to rag on Andy, but I don't know why we should "respect" as opposed to understand why anyone arrives at their opinions.
There is no shortage of people who have entirely noxious opinions and very few of them were born to privilege and model parents.
This is not to assert that all of Andy’s opinions are noxious, but I find no reason why I should respect how he has reached the ones I do, anymore than he should give such consideration to those of mine he finds noxious.
How I have reached my opinions may be interesting to some and is very important to me, but in terms of how those opinions are perceived is meaningless.
Andy has proven time and time again to have a hair trigger as respects what pisses him off, and maybe there is a reason behind this, but should those who have been on the receiving end of his vitriol give a ****?
Andy (and others because I don’t want to make this all about him) should appreciate that if you attack, you are likely to be attacked in response. No one has a free pass for attacks.