I've already responded about that one Legend.
As previously stated, I don't think it matters whether they've communicated on this topic before, privately or otherwise. Ed's response is totally unprofessional.
If they had communicated with each other before, and Ed's finally reached the end of his tether regarding this matter as your comments seem to indicate that this may be the case- wouldn't it have been better for Ed to have said something along the lines of "refer to my previous replies" or similar.
whilst your stalwart sticking up for the Ed will no doubt be remembered and will endear you to our new "chummy" leader he has to appreciate that given his position of authority on here, he's going to come under flak for any slips in unprofessionalism, especially when the slip is as as condescending towards a user as this one was.