> Something along the lines of "you know regardless of whether or not you're factually correct, these public attacks on other people companies are really bad for your image"

Sometimes they aren't even factually correct and get a bit upset about it when called out.

Anyways, I have gotten the same impression and these seem like red flags to me as well.

Which is why I'd take everything in that response with a mountain of salt (and I'd pay attention to what they're not saying).