It wasn't "unfair."
Joe went around the bend a few years back and pretty much alienated his audience. It seemed like almost overnight that he went from a sober, deep, engaging writer to a shrill, hysterical one, and after the transition he was basically never heard from again.
I always had a feeling that his sudden shift was more medical than intellectual.
I understand and appreciate what you are saying. I guess when I said “unfair,” I meant the extent and manner of the ostacization, not the rationale for it.