There were a thousand ways to convey this information. You could have pointed at articles, you could have enlightened the reading audience. You chose the one with the highest insult to information ratio. And you did this when the target of the insult is someone who went through a tough ordeal.
Humanity never ceases to amaze me, on both ends of the spectrum.
My first draft was actually more harsh, mostly because I do not consider this essay well written in several aspects. I did not insult the author; I just did not sugarcoat my criticism, as US American culture of insincere friendliness may demand.
You still have not pointed out my alleged insult (as in personal attack). The only insult I see here is your passive-aggressive one: "Humanity never ceases to amaze me, on both ends of the spectrum."
As for your questioning why I did not reference external sources, the invalidity of this popular myth is far from arcane knowledge, especially on the Internet where it is just one web search away, and I do not reward lazy ignorance.
Humanity never ceases to amaze me, on both ends of the spectrum.