While I certainly appreciate Shroom's devil's advocacy (to avoid the echo chamber effect), I must freely admit that whenever the subject comes up, I will probably continue to bash.
Yeah, I don't know or interact with the man personally, and I don't ever expect to pretend I know what he's like in-person.
All that matters is how he presents himself to an audience, since our relationship with him is strictly audience/writer. And every bit of new information or content or post I see continues to confirm and reinforce my distaste. I don't think I will ever have a positive opinion of him. Save, perhaps, that he writes decent comedy and should stick to that.
So yes, it's pointless and unfair to speculate on him beyond the persona he projects (he does use a pen name, after all).
I just utterly despise that public persona.