It really isn’t such a silly statement. And it certainly isn’t irrelevant.
If someone has something to say about their inability to play the game, I’d like to know what their credentials are.
I won’t simply trust anyone who hides behind a nom de plume.
If they were a 2700 player, they wouldn’t be on a classic alt.
So I’ll assume that they’re normally a 1300 player and thus, their opinion can be safely ignored.
It’d be a bit like someone claims that water causes cancer, I’d want to know that they are at least a researcher, with education in their field. I won’t listen to just some joe blogs on the subject though.