* - Granted the book was written by an asshole.
Argument by sales number. Good start.
> vetted by industry leaders for years
Self-appointed industry leaders, sure. They could by no means be wrong, right?
> instead follow this set of 5 high level goals that I've generally described and grouped together into a catchy acronym
Sounds like Uncle Bob's SOLID. If that's the case then I agree with you.
This also spilled into some critiques of Clean Code which are sometimes colored by this.
I don't think that's a fair representation of his critics. I've been reading (and even occasionally writing) critiques of Uncle Bob for many years, and you are literally the first person I've ever seen even mentioning is political stance. Up until 30 seconds ago I'd not once reflected over who Uncle Bob might vote for.
From what I have seen, every time he has been criticized sincerely, and he has become aware of it, he has engaged his critics in open debate, and they have come to amicable results, with him sometimes altering his views.
I disagree with some of his technical ideas, but that in itself would not warrant such a characterization.
I can dig up some instances of people being angry at him, but honestly, it's a 70+ republican, you can easily imagine the situations he gets into.