>How strange it is that we so easily forgive bad behavior from people we love.

That's part of what loving someone means. It's easy to love someone convenient who never does anything to bother or hurt you.

Besides, he was trolling. It's not like it's a big deal. If you were on a mailing list or usenet group or forum in the 80s and 90s everybody did that, and few if any had an issue with it, we could take it!

We not only forgive but tolerate 100000x worse stuff everyday that directly fucks our lives that we could prioritize not tolerating.