Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig?

(2016-06-06, 2:52 am)FlameseeK Wrote: I can't even begin to describe how much of a fallacy it would be to judge the quality of his work based on his ability to speak or write Japanese.

I agree with this. Heisig-sensei's ability in Japanese is entirely irrelevant to the question of whether his method is effective for learning the kanji.

At the same time I do not feel that any serious doubt has been thrown upon his Japanese ability. He is a distinguished academic who has worked for a long time in Japan. He says that he can speak Japanese. The burden of proof rests with people who, on no reasonable grounds that I can see, choose to imply that he is lying.

I am not personally an advocate of Heisig-sensei's method, but I do feel that he should be treated with respect as a gentleman and a scholar.