The way you rewrote it, no there’s not much nuance. The way he actually wrote it, yes I see nuance.
The first attacked people, the second attacks beliefs. I can understand still seeing that as worthy of a note or warning and wouldn’t argue if that was the outcome. But given the thread topic, it didn’t cross the line to me and didn’t seem like that much of a hijack.
I think his arguments in that thread are lacking any substance, but the other posters should be the ones to call him on it. We don’t need the mods giving warning for every dumb argument out there.