Dave Winer thinks that people sniping at him is just bad:

Usually I ignore the moralistic snipes that come from a handful of bloggers, but to characterize a post of mine with a term like "hate" is really over the top

So just out of curiousity, I tried this Google search. Hmmm - he's not as bad as the anonymous troll I had a run in with last week, but he definitely visits the same neighborhood regularly - and, like that troll, he has his own set of enablers who cheer him on.