It does. Haskell is harder to learn than other languages because it has a difficult syntax, navel-gazing community, and complex documentation.

You're right! Turns out it's me that hasn't read the article. Anyway, remove the sentence about it not being harder to learn than any other language (which I think is unfortunate) and then I don't think what you say contradicts it. Haskell can be very hard to learn yet still within reach of most programmers.