IMHO, you are dealing in that reply with someone set to fog, confuse and obfuscate on this issue. My advice is to ignore his posts.
I think you are right, but as I hadn't ran across his handle before I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I daresay that there are so many people contesting each and every bit of evidence that this indicates in my mind that the opposition considers this issue significant enough to field many teams of obfuscators.