Politicians are masters of this tactic of deflection. The nastier, the better they are at it. Calling it out is the best one can do without getting trapped in

Politicians are masters of this tactic of deflection. The nastier, the better they are at it. Calling it out is the best one can do without getting trapped in a cycle of low-effort premises and high-effort responses. Although, as usual in HN, the premises come from different accounts, so both are valid. And it probably reveals valid addresses when the image URL is unique for each email.