It’s not a personal attack. Since reading comprehension is not your strong point, I would re-read it slowly.
Look here, if you had some pity comment to make about the subject of the article, you make it to the article poster, not some other commenter as that becomes a personal attack. Which is what you did. So apologize - it won’t kill you. Or just become another FR hater quietly and slowly destroying this site.
It’s not a personal attack. Since reading comprehension is not your strong point ...
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So you deny making a personal attack while launching another one. way to go!