Leave the man alone. He seems like real people to me. I get the part about having fun at other people's expense, but at some point it flips from harmless banter to something else. He is a long term member who has earned our respect not our emnity.
if anything, I thank him for his many contributions to the fire over the years.
How many get a thread started about them? Could mean you have "arrived" perspective is everything.......