I may have phrased that too strongly. However, I do think that your deduction regarding the original post - that it was written as an excuse to bash SI - is incompatible with the evidence as it stands and as it stood then, and should not have been presented in such a hostile manner. I appreciate this was some time ago, but it does seem like a good chance for calibration and so on. I know I have made similar mistakes.

To put it as politely as I can manage, this reply, being a reply to something so many months old, strikes me as odd. If my memory from that far back serves me (and I don't expect reliability of anyone's memory over that period) this post was one of a series of three within the space of a week by the author with a common theme.

I was, in fact, reading through old comments of his, in order to get a better idea of his positions, contributions, and, well, possible troll status. I do this pretty often, and indeed I regularly reply to comments made years ago. No-one else has objected. I know people sometimes change their minds, of course, but since you have not changed your mind (or so you claim) I see no reason not to criticize the position you held.

However, since it is so long ago and especially since the post has since been improved I consider it rather counterproductive to draw attention to it.

Why, are you worried that people will fail to realize this was in response to an earlier version and downvote you for misquoting the post?