I don't know why TiT has yet to be DUmped off of Skin's Island into the middle of the sea. He provides nothing useful to them - just his fantasy tales and other ego-inflating info, that ultimately brings negative attention to DU.
Because when he first started they--like TiT--wanted the stories to be true.
They wanted to believe that a bona fide killer-poet-hero-lover had seen the light and jumped to their side because they are so smart in their revolution against
Da Man! (TM). To admit his fraud would be to admit their worth (and, most devastatingly of all, its underlying assumptions) is worthless. Only those that didn't make an emotional investment can speak against him.