You're perfectly welcome to dislike hard pretzels. But that's no reason to dismiss the rest of the pretzels from the state (or country) -- in fact, the article

You're perfectly welcome to dislike hard pretzels. But that's no reason to dismiss the rest of the pretzels from the state (or country) -- in fact, the article explicitly calls out soft pretzels from PA (which similarly derive from the Pennsylvania Dutch heritage). It's a little like calling Oscar Mayer wieners "Chicago hot dogs" and dismissing all sausages in the US.