[D] ACL Januray ARR problem with reviewer

Looking for advice from anyone who’s been through something similar in ACL ARR.

We got four reviews: 4, 3.5, 2.5, and 1.5. The 1.5 is the problem.

This reviewer raised several weaknesses. Their review shows they are not aware of our topic. When we asked a simple clarifying question about one experiment he proposed — an experiment I know is impossible to do — and tried to show him why it doesn’t work, they responded with “it’s not my job, it is the author’s job to know how to run this experiment.”

I replied: As per ARR rules, when you propose something, you should be aware of it. It is not our job to figure out how to do something that is impossible to do.

This experiment itself shows the reviewer is wrong, and we provided references to help him understand, but they still refused to engage. So at that point, it is their problem, not ours.

After that, he kept the 1.5 score but increased his confidence from 2 to 3 and decreased the soundness and Excitement scores.

Has anyone dealt with something like this? How much weight do ACs give to review issue reports, and is there anything else we can do at this stage?