I like how in the first paragraph he assures himself that the criticism came from people who didn't read the article properly. After all, if you didn't read it

I like how in the first paragraph he assures himself that the criticism came from people who didn't read the article properly. After all, if you didn't read it properly you'd surely agree. Poor way to bolster support for your follow up really, 'you didn't understand what I was saying, I'll use different words'.