"but Seagal immediately gets defensive and angry"
Only for this point ONLY I must "protect" Seagal. When you are not accepted and tolerated by the masses, critics - by staying being yourself - especially in Hollywood it is no wonder that he gets defensive. Hollywood wants to produce a fake image - a dream image. Remember the old slogan - Hollywood = Dream Factory?
I will tell you one personal example. My interests and views are not the "general standard" and mostly I am attacked for being having another opinion. Especially online. Sometimes also in real life. What do you think I do?
Most of the time I don't care, but sometimes the zero respect is so intense I get defensive and angry, because the people do not want to listen, that "lies" are not the correct way. There is no balance. Imagine you create a product and the reaction is almost negative, because you are you!
Having another opinion is no problem for me - on the contrary I respect that deeply, but if you literally axed down by everything, there are only a few ways. Even a buddhist can get angry, even if the teachings are saying that this can be wrong. Remember Buddha was a human like us before.
My personal theory is that Seagal is just pissed, because he wantes to save the enviroment and when he released ON DEADLY GROUND, America was and is in many instances still not being convinced, that we are all part of nature. Look how many people still believe they can waste ressources by driving uber-dimensional cars instead of being using a bicycle.
"The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in his control and not the other way around" - Dr. Ishiro Serizawa = Gareth Edwards' GODZILLA descripes this perfectly. And I think that this ignorance is one major cause for Steven's anger. We have only this world so far and we destroy it without thinking. This is just for ON DEADLY GROUND and his behaviour towards nature.
Sure Seagal has some traits I also do not like very much, but on the other hand there are still facts on his person, that keeps me being a fan. I could provide more insight on myself, but I believe that this is not helping in this discussion.
Whatever you may now think, I am still open for discussion because this forum was and is still an awesome place!