He was referring specifically to post #40. He knows it, I know it, we all know it, and then he made an insulting remark about a freudian slip that was completely unwarranted.
Since freeper highflight was referring to my post #25 and the person I was corresponding with who also misspelled the name at one point, I think you are incorrect that highflight's comment was directed at post #40.
Regardless, you have now mentioned post #40 and should you have pinged that freeper under the rule you mentioned?
My understanding is that if no names are mentioned and it's not a clear connection to a specific poster, it is not necessary to ping a poster.
Actually you were wrong - post #40 was not the post where I first noted the misspelling of Dr. Charles Krauthammer's name. It was in fact in post #42 where the #40 quote showed up and the misspelling was repeated in Churchillbuff's response.
When one is bashing an author's opinion, the least we should expect is that author's name be spelled correctly and if a misspelling lends a bias in its repeated use - a comment is warranted.
You have spent an inordinate amount of time and effort on faulting my comment, which pales in comparison to much that I have previously read in this forum. Perhaps you should have reported the abuse to Admin.
Kind regards for future stress free Freeping.