Faking quotes like you're doing there is about as bad faith as it gets.

What do you mean "faking quotes?" Are you genuinely unfamiliar with the concept of paraphrase?

If you have an issue with my interpretation of their comment feel free to share, don't feign childlike naivety.

I would have thought that my issue with what you did was pretty clear from the original message, and would not require any particularly sophisticated interpretation.

">" is the notation for quotes.

You did not use it for a quote. Instead you used it to present your own distortion (not a paraphrase) as whimsicalism's words. That is not cool. Stop doing it.

Given the points I can see, other people understood what I was saying and appreciated it. I'm sorry that you're so confused but make no mistake this is your problem, not mine.