I'll try to be more careful in the future, but what part of my comment was more controversial and flame war provoking than sibling comments like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26684910?
You perpetuated it as well as starting it. Your comments were probably more provocative also—but even if not, what another user does isn't really relevant. We don't come close to seeing all the comments that get posted here, so moderation can't be either complete or consistent, and each user needs to follow the rules regardless of what other commenters are up to.