Nope, it's a certain type of behavior.

Nope. Banning a certain type of behavior was used as cover for banning a certain politics.

Then at some moment Eliezer became tired of being known as "the guy who hosts the neoreactionary website" and publicly disowned them.

I don't see behavior as the issue identified here, I see being associated with certain political ideas.

And given that they were booted from LW for their views,
Nope

If you want to be nitpicky, then yes, they personally weren't booted, just discussion of the offending ideas was booted.

you guys

Are you passing out honorary NR degrees? Don't think I'm entirely on board, though they make a lot of good points.

love to behave like predators.

It's predatory to discuss ideas. It's not predatory to prevent people from discussing ideas through institutional power.

double down when someone refuses to debate with you

Isn't it inconvenient when people you disagree with won't shut up? Don't worry, you can probably make them.

being an asshole often works short-term, but in longer term, there are some complications.

Ah yes. Maybe I was around. I do recall discussing someone's equivalence of "NR" = "Assholes". Or maybe that was a PUA discussion. Basically, I disagree with you, therefore you're an asshole.

And you're right in the sense that having unpopular ideas often comes with a cost.

you guys are much less different from the SJW predators than either side would admit

Funny, you seemed just like a SJW predator to me. "Shut up" is also their answer to ideas they disagree with.

Just saying, because you are going to downvote this comment anyway.

Actually, I've upvoted one of your comments in this thread, hadn't downvoted any others, and had no intention of downvoting this one. But don't let that keep you from feeling persecuted by a mean old predator.