When I said, This is the age of the laity, I should have been more specific, i.e., This is the age of the orthodox laity.
I meant it in reference to the fact that the faithful remnant of orthodox laity are the only hope the Church in America has left. The hierarchy is mostly corrupt and a whisker from open schism, Joe-six-pack in the pews has not a clue, and the only hope for true reform lies in the prayers and activism of the faithful orthodox remnant.
He also doesn't seem to go around stirring things up and making trouble. I always liked him.