Jim has raised the old 2011 thread many, many times since then.
Previously he has had to do it on his own.
If the mods did not close it down, other folk would beg him to stop.
He would eventually issue a gushing, grovelling apology and promise not to do it again.
A few weeks later, when he was losing another argument, he would do it again.

Now he has a gang to back him up and support him, and understandably few people are prepared to take them all on.
You have created a monster!