If that is the metaphor the article is built on then it's starting from a point of illconsidered bias. That would seem to undermine the moat of the article...

If that is the metaphor the article is built on then it's starting from a point of illconsidered bias. That would seem to undermine the moat of the article... It's possible to have made the argument and the point you've inferred here without triggering the partisan elements. And that's the part you seem to be missing.