It's essentially flamebait. > You don't understand blah, here's a quote! is quickly followed by > No, YOU don't understand blah, here's my quote! It's not o

It's essentially flamebait. > You don't understand blah, here's a quote! is quickly followed by > No, YOU don't understand blah, here's my quote! It's not offensive, but it's a subtle bit of rhetorical judo to rile somebody up. And in a political thread that's probably going to get locked in 10 minutes anyway because it's got other flame wars going on.