My take after interacting with him is that he’s taking pleasure in dancing around the rules of the community and being “technically correct” in adhering to the rules, while instigating heated discussions in others. With how often he brings up the civility rule I also wouldn’t be surprised if he takes pleasure in manoeuvring others into overstepping and consequently reporting them.

I don’t personally believe he’s following the “good faith discussion” rule since he’s demonstrated repeated refusal to consider facts (such as his personal “belief” that the spoiler effect doesn’t exist), but I’m not a mod here.