Seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to discuss in the comments on this article, and I don't know which other "takedowns" you're referring to, but this person's comments on it have not been in bad faith at all.

(Indeed, I think it's in worse faith to try to guilt trip people who are just expressing critical opinions. It's fine - good, even! - to disagree with those people, but this particular comment has a very "how dare you criticize something!" tone that I don't think is constructive.)