Personal attacks will get you banned here. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use HN as intended?

I don't think its quite fair to label this a personal attack, and I don't agree with it getting flagged.

Your link also states "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation"

Both their parent and GP were talking about reading conflicting things. Reading around to get a better sense of the truth of the matter would seem, reasonable.

Of course a less pithy comment, where the meaning was clear would be best of all.

Perhaps it would be better to call it a shallow dismissal. Those are also in the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Yes that seems reasonable. :)

Even though you disagree with me, and probably my tone, this is a useless and unproductive comment.

It is good for a nation to explore it's past no matter what might turn up.

It's far worse to uncritically examine our ancestors behaviour.

I agree with you actually, I've just examined this part of our past myself and come to a different conclusion than you.