So Butterick's article can be reduced to one point: "The Crystal Goblet is wrong because you can't read an article until it is typeset." I may be mistaken, but

So Butterick's article can be reduced to one point: "The Crystal Goblet is wrong because you can't read an article until it is typeset." I may be mistaken, but I think you have misunderstood Butterick's response even more than you misunderstood the Crystal Goblet itself.