Are you going to update your comment now that a retraction was issued? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173029
Simply provide the new information, rather than snarkily implying that the parent is some kind of asshole. Save that for the normal internet.
It's pretty obvious the OP is a thinly veiled attack at whoever believed the "lie", dressed up as a question. The only saving grace is that the wording was so ambiguous that regardless of whether it was the debunking or counter-debunking that was correct, the comment would still be applicable.