I'm with you. Smells like bs to me.

I do remember some leftist AMAs where they asked for questions or responses to something while openly saying they were a leftie. Most of the time I remember them never responding, which seems to indicate a motive beyond an actual conversation. I don’t know how the mods responded in those cases, but even a legitimate sounding question can be bullshit based on the follow up of the user, or lack thereof.