Let's be careful here. I don't know of any reason to believe that those are the same person, and somebody getting a marginal fact wrong is a bad reason to dismiss everything they're saying. Humans are far too error prone for that to be much of a signal.
Of course I'm not 'siding' with that poster, or this one. I just say these things out of habit.
Of course I'm not 'siding' with that poster, or this one. I just say these things out of habit.