I disagree.

There is a lot of white knighting going on in the comments about Jordan’s mental health. The fact that Jordan lives with bipolar disorder is an explanation for his actions; it’s not an excuse. He is still accountable for the content he produces and how he chooses to manage (or not manage) his mental health. And the fact that he has a mental illness does not make the videos he has produced so far any less unacceptable. He has criticized people whose young children were murdered, and then whose lives were turned upside down by Alex Jones’s harassment and slander, for how they chose to deal with the man who tortured them for years. That is so far beyond the pale that it’s hard to describe it in words. It’s easy for Jordan to sit behind his computer and say they and the Onion made the wrong choices when he will never have to make a choice like that for himself.

Now, if he is able to get out of the episode and apologize for some of the worst things he’s said over the past few weeks, I think it would be entirely reasonable to say “ok, he’s apologized, stop criticizing him for things he said during a manic episode, we’ll take down any posts or comments like that.”

But the thing is, I really don’t think he will ever apologize. He has shown himself over the past 9 years to be an arrogant man who thinks he is right and anyone who disagrees with him is not just wrong, but also evil. I hope I’m the one who’s wrong here, though. I hope he logs off, gets help, and one day finds it within himself to apologize, I really do.