obscure injoke

The last really big row I saw on the Well before I left was caused by a pompous imperialist American called Richard Bennett who also signed on his wife, [emendation: she was signed on before him] and used her account to spy on the women-only conferences in order to collect ammunition against his political opponents. I cannot begin to describe the hysterical meltdown this caused. After he was thrown off, he started his own blog, and I was delighted to come across a quote from it today “unbalanced people, fanatical followers, extremists, and wackos. In my experience with Internet-enabled activism, these are the kind of people most attracted to online chat and email wars”