They dug it up as a cause for rejection, like one digs up skeletons in someone's closet to discredit them. I'm pretty exhausted from dealing with this and now

They dug it up as a cause for rejection, like one digs up skeletons in someone's closet to discredit them. I'm pretty exhausted from dealing with this and now explaining it to you but I have an update: I've just now gotten an email from the PC (after emailing them yesterday pointing out the flaws in reviewer 3's reasoning) saying I'm welcome to come present (and highlight the differences) in a "lightning talk" that won't be published in the proceedings. Looks like they're going with the "do it for the exposure" influencer model. I've declined the "opportunity".