When I wrote that comment, in addition to the parent, a bunch of comments discussed the contents and possible "prior art", including specifically, the whole subthread where the actual patent is linked to on uspto.gov. Those are perfectly representative of the level of misunderstanding people here betray whenever a patent is discussed.

So, yes, my comment was a reaction to the general level of discourse on patents beyond just this specific one, but I would not call it knee-jerk. Case in point: the sibling comment to yours.