Softwar is a challenging text not because it's very technical, but because it challenges the core beliefs a lot of it's readers may have.
Some of the ideas Lowery presented while he was writing the theses were extremely repugnant to people casually reading them on Twitter. But if you read the reviews of the book itself, they're overwhelmingly positive.
Maybe it's petty, but maybe it's calculated and effective, because you can't start to question your own beliefs unless you're emotionally moticated to defend them. And you can enter that state of mind by getting offended, recognizing that you've been offended, and then introspecting the reasons for why you've been offended. Being patronizing and sarcastic opens the door for those very rare people who are ready to question their own beliefs.
And you can't do that by being gentle and nice. In fact, in that case, you're more likely to be getting scammed.
