I don’t think he’s as bad as people act like on the Internet. He’s a religious nutjob, yes, but he’s probably not doing any sex crimes or anything like that. He’s also not like J.K. Rowling, intentionally making himself the face of hatred, he seems to mostly keep his home life and views to himself.

I think people are just really mad at him because of the dark side of parasocial relationships. When the illusion is broken that the person is not the same person that their mind made them out to be, it amplifies the bad things about them (for examples of this, see r/RantGrumps or r/CinemassacreTruth).