I stopped when I got to Here’s why, in the words of Jon Snow in “Game of Thrones” Can't we make an argument without having to resort to popular culture? Does

I stopped when I got to Here’s why, in the words of Jon Snow in “Game of Thrones” Can't we make an argument without having to resort to popular culture? Does the author think we're that stupid than we're not going to understand his point? Or is he projecting?