In addition to the other answers, it sounds like this person might be a troll, especially if the context is discussions on the internet and the person in question is doing this to provoke others for their own amusement:
From Wikipedia (emphasis mine):
In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows
discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by
posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online
community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the
deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or
of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion, often for their
own amusement.
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