No. But your essay reads like they _all_ are.
> But everybody does that.
That's no excuse.
> Martyr?
Yes. Here's another example: "I'm saying that I have a right to write what I think is right". Nobody ever tried to take that right away from you, least of all me. All I did was say that you were wrong, but you have decided to carry on like I am persecuting you by attempting to take away your rights. Martyr.
> But the criticism against me for writing this piece in the first place offends me, and I don't think I'm being an asshole martyr for saying that.
Again, I never called you an asshole or criticized you as a person, as opposed to something specific that you said. Now you're being a martyr in response to me saying that you are writing with a martyr mentality.