For sure, all of the posts that had nothing at all to do with the issue but were personal insults and defense against same should be removed...just my opinion. Then, the very little (ha ha) that remains might make decent reading. I do agree that the thread appears to be a bait tactic.
There was nothing legitimate in posting only the negative excerpts to try to get (and fail to, I might add) an angry response from those who support the deal.
Baiting is too kind a word for what Kent did here.