I'm not sure that Boing has a clue, in the sense that you mean the word. He has said that the article subject matter goes right over his head at a stratospheric level. Me, well, I've done a lot of digging on these controversial subjects over a fairly short space of time (four months or so, I think - I read fast). The statements which, I assume, are intended to be insults go over my head just as much as the article subject matter flies over that of Boing. It is school playground stuff. And with wi-fi + mobile broadband in many parts of the world now, perhaps it actually  was posted from a school playground!

Boing appears to have confidence that the Nair article is being improved in accordance with policy etc. I would like to think that is not a decision that taxed his mind unduly. The other article, in which User:Marleshy has been involved, is just a pain - I have zero interest in it, other than BLP maintenance. I think that it came on to my radar when patrolling articles with {{reflist}} problems.

FWIW, I am white, British, straight ... but profoundly deaf from birth. I have never been able to hear a word. Alas, I can see them.  Now, if people started kicking off about deafness (unlikely here) then I might actually get offended. But would still keep the sign language to myself.  -