Fred seems like a good guy to me. I’m not going rip him.
However, if you don’t like what they say about him, tell them where they are wrong.
You're missing the point.
They try to raise issues about Fred when Rudy has the exact same issues, just far, far worse.
So if they don't care about those issues with Rudy, why is it an issue with Fred? It's rank hypocrisy.