You saw what you wanted to see. Whether he was being honest in his OP or not, I can't say, as I'm not in his head, but there was nothing in his post that anyone without an axe to grind would think was anything but genuine. You even jumped in and started basically saying something to the effect of he had no right to praise Dak without admitting he's been wrong all this time. Crap like that makes people not want to change their minds. If you'd just let them come around, maybe they'll actually start seeing things a little closer to the way you do, instead of looking for reasons to dismiss you.