I may have bitten my glasses earpiece at that point. And when he said

In other words, I think I grew up in a much less sexist milieu than most people, with the result that I don't always see modes and consequences of discrimination that are more obvious to other people with less (yes) privileged upbringing. Occasionally I misstep

I boggled so far off my mounts that I suspect I'll be in the workshop for weeks, being re-balanced.

But they all came out and did it; from "I didn't say that you misquoted me" and "X so deserved to be called a rabid animal" and "It's not true to say this doesn't happen to men - listen to this single anecdote about something not in the least the same that happened to a man and admit you're wrong!" - God it was depressing. And the comments are still racking up over there.