You were literally bullying this person and being very condescending and then turn around and accuse him of bullying you. Why is it ao hard for you to accept that some people might different opnions?
you're passing over a very crucial detail here: this person's opinion consisted solely of
> Have you looked at the team?
they themselves finally admitted it at the end. this isn't so much an opinion as hero worship at best and fanaticism at worst.
The thing that always gets me in these pissing contests is some random decides to wade in based purely on ____ and then when I point out ____ I'm the asshole. Like isn't it clear you just shouldn't have started making claims? Why am I in the wrong for knowing/understanding and demonstrating that understanding but you're not in the wrong for just guessing?
Responding with only "have you looked at the team?" with nothing to say about the current state of things, which was what the sidethread was about, is what probably set them off since it is actually a pretty patronizing thing to say.
You want to give more leeway to the team because you think they earned the cred. mathisfun123, not impressed by the details of certain past projects, is not going to hold their breath until the current state justifies the current hype.
Both are reasonable positions.