If you get dog piled for contesting a popular opinion, and you truly believe your stance to be reasonable and well-evidenced, it seems pretty normal that they’d develop a vested interest in it. Passion shouldn’t be demeaned, and while there would undoubtedly be better uses of his time, we can’t pretend he’s the only terminally online poster on this sub.
This feels like a legitimate marketing campaign, and I know it’s not, which makes it really fuckin weird.