I find this comment a bit mean (and meaner than most of what I saw in this thread or the linked one, tho I haven't read that one in much detail).
Maybe it's because other people feel more strongly about this topic than I do; to me "democracy vs. monarchy" is both a confused and fuzzy question and an irrelevant one. Maybe with a lot of effort one can clarify the question and with even more effort, come up with an answer, but then it has no practical consequences.
Chris is obviously being mean-spirited here, and a direct response would only escalate, so I won't make one.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.