I can recognize some of the traits from the article in myself and I can guarantee you that I (and, I suspect OP as well) would be quick to claim that my comment

I can recognize some of the traits from the article in myself and I can guarantee you that I (and, I suspect OP as well) would be quick to claim that my comments are "merely factual" and that I am great at differentiating personal opinion from bad form as well. I don't know you, so you might be 100% right but if the article makes you feel slightly defensive, perhaps it's a good reason to do some introspection.