it's not like they're out gunning for each other.
Very true. Because if that was the case, Leiber would no longer be writing his column. Because he'd be as dead as his website.
Alite's a murderous, lying rat, and the scum of the earth. But Ed's an academic sissy writing through a phony pseudonym to live a vicarious fantasy where he wasn't the little fag who got his lunch money swiped right through high school.