Oh I fully accept that Puritans exist. Such views have been a thing for centuries. Being a Puritan isn't retarded in and of itself. Thinking that your tiny Puritan cult can exert enough power to change the Bitcoin protocol is the retarded delusion. I realize nothing I say will change those folks' minds, so I'm just going to have fun accurately predicting the future so that I can refer back to my prognostications when they fail.

where lopp lands on all this is all you need to know about what he serves in life... he is compromised and has lost his free will. that he responds like an asshole to folks of much higher intelligence and character is just the icing on the cake - sealing in the gag-inducing flavors on a King Prick personality.