Cultural references aside, you can see Stexup's point about defending the same people who gave the shaft without hesitation at profit share time and so many other shafts. Doesn't make sense to me either.
Judging from that excerpt quoted above, I think Lee Moak is a particularly well-spoken pilot who has ennunciated his point with great effect. IMHO most pilots are nowhere near as concise, effective or cerebral.
I suspect that Lee knows full-well much of what he says is not reasonable however this is politics and convincing the less deep thinking masses is part of his job. It's SOP in a role like his.