A) Yes, we were taught to be jerks in twi.
B) The closer in you were in twi, the more you were taught this (by example and by lecture.)
C) Some of us, post-twi, have tried to learn better behavior since leaving.
D) Some of us, post-twi, haven't tried very hard (generally, those who insist there were no real problems under vpw._
E) vpw, among other things, was a self-professed "expert" at all sorts of things that he didn't understand as much as he claimed to, and as much as he believed.
F) vpw taught, by example, and others he taught, passed along ALSO by example, to be a self-professed "expert" at all sorts of things. (The closer in you were in twi, the more you learned this.)
G) Some of us have tried to unlearn that since leaving twi, some of us have not.