"peculiarly appropriate for much of the conduct towards Keith "
Keith deliberately places himself in the firing-line with his extremism.
He comes with no fore-knowledge of most of the subjects he dominates (I notice with a little satisfaction that this has lessened of late) - he scrabbles round for 'evidence to back his case' (this has also lessened -now he just pronounces), and has nor taken to sneering at those who disagree with him and declares himself superior and the rest of us "muppets" - on several occasions he has declared himself "infallible".
He appears to 'get off' on defending the more despicable side of humanity.
That we should all grow old defending such behaviour!   
Leave you to your celebration of Israel's victory over the Muslim menace.
Off to my 73rd at Blessington Lake
Jim Carroll