The binary children can't understand this. No critical thinking anymore.Howard caused Howard to lose his cool after Gard lost his cool.
Gard should have gotten at least one game and Howard fired as this was not his first time.
They think (and rant) that if someone blames Gard for anything to do with his own behavior before Howard threw a punch, then this automatically means the commenter is exonerating Howard (which, of course, is silly and illogical).
Some people just can't handle an idea they hadn't considered.