Evan doesn't just hide from confrontation. He and his team bans everyone who are confrontational. Like me. They wouldn't even acknowledge that they banned me, which is just cowardly. No one I worked with who used Elm would go close to talking with their own account on the Elm reddit because they were sure they'd get banned.
I argue hard because I was raised that way and I believe it's the best way to quickly find the truth. Like Steve Jobs said: strong opinions, loosely held. You argue hard, then when you are convinced by the other side, you flip with absolutely no time in between trying to "save face".