I'm guessing the person who downvoted the parent thought that I was somehow agreeing with the grandparent; in point of fact, however, just the opposite is true...
The downvoter should have known this was the intended meaning because:
(1) It's the charitable assumption, which makes no less sense in the context than the assumption the downvoter made.
I'm guessing the downvoter knew this was the intended meaning because it's fairly obvious in context. Even if it weren't, the charitable assumption to make is that the critic interpreted the comment correctly.
Even if it weren't, the charitable assumption to make is that the critic interpreted the comment correctly.
I have to agree with komponisto on this one. If the downvoter understood the comment and still voted down then he, or she, is a twit.
If you know more Eliezer Yudkowsky facts, post them in the comments.