Read the article. The sensitive people go around demanding everyone acquiesce to their unfounded demands. The article does everything but come out and say they're obnoxious, annoying neighbours. I don't think anyone is stopping people from going out and living by themselves, just that no one else should have to put up with them. If these folks just stayed at home, turned off their WiFi, no one would care. The fact that they need special treatment from everyone else is why this is even a subject.

Edit: In addition, giving into stupid beliefs does the world harm. It promotes further poor thinking and suboptimal choices that hurt other people. (Or even, innocent children, if you want to play that card.) That's why, in as far as we have any responsibility to society, we should fight irrationality.