"how would Rust respond to this?"
I stopped reading there, I couldn't believe it so I didn't read the rest of it to figure out what's the end goal in his mind. Probably to get someone to think it's alright to be an obsessive faux academic state shill or something, nah, just kiddin, Rust was alright I guess, I remember debating him about homosex and fluoride in tap water and he literally accused me of plagiarism on the internet he was so mad.
"how would Rust respond to this?"
"plagiarism"
Sounds like a good role model