BEFORE what? This forum is over ten years old already with a demonstrated track record of certain commentaters here regularly defending the indefensible; specifically the aveiros that were referenced and much worse.
The Chofetz Chaim that KlugerYid referenced also generically referred to those the heilige Chofetz Chaim severely criticized BEFORE many of those who fell into the categories he described opened their mouths. Specifically to discourage them from doing so. But here we already have a decade of proven mouth openings defending aveiros.