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People get so riled up over it.
Well, that's mainly because it's a pet peeve that was injected into the thread rather than being part of the existing conversation.
Tangents aren't always going to draw heat, but the more you stack things up, the more likely it is.
That one had four or five stacks to attract attention, maybe more depending on exactly what gets counted as a distinct target.
Like is rejecting the British spelling the same target as insisting that the American spelling is superior part of the same idea, or two different ideas that are just linked? You break things down enough, and there's maybe as many as eight or nine inflammatory layers.
Kinda hard to not have people get riled up.
I'd even go as far as to say that a single statement that was more severe would have gotten less heat. Something like just rolling up and saying "fuck British spelling, you assholes" would definitely piss people off, but I do believe the extra layers drew more ire than that would have.
As a pet peeve, it's pretty damn unique. Never seen anyone argue that exact combination of points. If it was a troll, it was a damn good one, too, but it reads like a genuine peeve to me.