Sure, at least a few people held that opinion. However, that isn't what the post I'm replying to said. The post I replied to used the literally lowest voted to

Sure, at least a few people held that opinion. However, that isn't what the post I'm replying to said. The post I replied to used the literally lowest voted top level comment as their basis of "HN didnt think he was going to jail". They skipped over all of the higher top level comments when making their post (you have to go to the bottom of page 2 to see the one they picked). Their post is classic bad faith argument and I think it should receive a penalty (downvote).