I personally have had beers with Hawkeye and met him in real life but that’s biased to what your pointing out here.
It is understandable that you would have a bias about somebody that you have met in real life and that you would consider a friend. I get why you would want to defend him, it makes sense. I am sure hawkeye is a nice guy (every Madjacker I have met in real life has been a good person) and all.
For me I don't give a fuck if both my parents posted on here (I would hope Jack would give them a Madjack mug), if they did what hawkeye did I'd call em out. In other words just because you are a nice human being, doesn't give you a pass to be deceitful.