It is a little hyperbolic but the way I read it was just applying the same logic used here by robo to a far more serious situation to illustrate the problems with that logic and it is not exactly an unfair comparison in that way. If he was directly equating the two situations that is not defensible obviously so I hope my interpretation is not mistaken.
endlessly defending deathcounter's nonsense is such a weird hill to die on, i hope he's rewarding you well for acting as his online lawyer / PR agent