I think David is a really good community manager and well business orientated. I once read that highly succesfull CEO's are a bit aggresive, highly maniupalitve and crush their opponents if they thave to. Look to Steve Jobs and Elon Musk for example.
He also crushed all the trolls in this forum, which I'm really happy about and I think many others.
So stop figthing and screwing the thread, instead help to grow.
Donald Trump is another example. So many people wanted to change him during the primary and almost no experts believed he could win the Republican primary.