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And then Ellen echoed his statement: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/3cudi0/resignation_th...

what is happening, not used to reading positive interactions on reddit with that account...

I think it has to do with how mob psychology latches onto whatever is bright and shiny. So a character with both pros and cons in the mass narrative is able to be demonized one day and lionized the next, based on whichever trait sparkled more that day.

I think it has a lot to do with how he handled it. He immediately came out after making that comment and said he screwed up big time and was really sorry. People took that as sincere, and I did too, since it was really only a single comment.