The blog is very clear about the author understanding that other people were saying it was a problem.
The blog is also very clear that the author, personally, does not understand why this is a problem.
You have a perfectly fine point about the blog post in general but for the discussion of whether it's disingenuous that part doesn't matter.
You have a perfectly fine point about the blog post in general but for the discussion of whether it's disingenuous that part doesn't matter.