Fair enough, he never said what exactly he'd read. But if you're trying to write a persuasive piece, you address the other side's arguments/positions. It's just polemic otherwise.
Twitter's 140 characters don't really give you the space to do to really any of that. It's a great place to blast opinions and occasionally be heard but it's awful for debate or persuasion so most don't try and when you do try...it's just painful.