Hm. The leadership here seems to like that one.
That sounds like sucking up in lieu of a good argument to me, but that’s just my opinion. Either way, it smacks of hypocrisy. If what Polybius wrote was out of line, it was out of line whether it was cut and paste or not. Attacking someone like Polybius over cutting and pasting when there are far worse offenders, just makes you look bad.