I had emailed him directly, excusing myself to have escalated to his direct email, writing a balanced, polite email asking for assistance, or at least confirmation of position.
Had no reply.
Had no reply.
If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, you'll notice that the rules include Assume good faith.
And there are plenty of other scenarios you could imagine if you wanted to assume good faith.