I personally don't care too much for hierarchies, so I didn't factor this in. You can be toxic at any level.

> You can be toxic at any level

And yet the context is extremely important.

> I didn't factor this in

That's how you get to false equivalencies.

>That's how you get to false equivalencies.

No, you're just putting something into it which doesn't matter to me. Not a false equivalency.

You said:

> blowing it up out of proportion is just as toxic

Making a false equivalency of the supposed toxicity of the commenter's post and the toxicity displayed in the article.

You can just take the L; you don't have to be performatively obtuse about it.