Right, OP mis-spoke about some critical, leading detail of their argument, while going on to support questionably legal action giving off a great appearance of market manipulation by large entities with great vigor.
I think this supports my point. This user is spreading misinformation and arguing against a point their past blogging and commentary would not suggest them to be an expert about nor impassioned by.
OP mis-spoke. Most institutional investors do not short sell [1]. But the ones that do short in greater volumes than retail [2].
[1] https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=...
[2] https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/mygsb/faculty/research/pubfile...