Who are the "spacists"?

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2017-03-21, Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/21/2017 08:15 AM, Mikhail V wrote:
>> Didn't want to say this, but you know it was quite predictable from
>> the beginning that the arguments will end up somewhere in "linux
>> console is the center of the universe, e-macs is mother of all apps
>> and monospaced text is peak of human evolution".
>
> Knowing that, the honest question is: if you knew where this would all
> end up (in a heated argument), why did post your provocation in the
> first place?

Seriously, could the trolling be any more obvious? Or successful?