His argument is far from data driven, just the opposite: he interprets data to suit his argument.
And indeed, if someone is a prominent Satanist, but describes themselves as a simple kind hearted participant on a UN panel, and decides that the true outcome of the meeting is that people love Satan and need black magic in their lives to PROTECT THE CHILDREN then yes, omitting their selling their soul at the crossroads at midnight is quite a deceitful omission.
The omission here is the context free nature of links on HN. We are urged to assess the words of people without context, without knowing that they have a history of the most wild and divisive rhetoric, where the dice are loaded with depleted uranium. No, that does not make sense.