[mathattack]

He's a very strange person. As much as he's personally despicable, he finds himself at the forefront of civil rights.

[malandrew]

Based on his comments, he's not really someone at the forefront of civil rights. He prefers no death penalty because he doesn't believe it causes enough suffering to the guilty party. That's very different from opposing the death penalty for altruistic motivations.

[mathattack]

This is part of his contradiction. Kind of like a porn producer fighting for free speech, which is supposed to be for political protection.