I submit that, given the obvious disdain the author has for the speech of ordinary people and what he considers "low" culture, "snob" is an entirely appropriate term.
You might possibly be missing the intended spirit of this site. We want curious conversation here. Feeling pissed off at someone who comes across as a snob is understandable, but it isn't curious conversation to rush to the comment thread to put them down. Curious conversation means finding unexpectedly interesting things and responding to them by extending the sequence.
I don't like snobs or seeming-snobs any more than you do, and I agree with you about the speech of "ordinary people", but your comment was still against HN's rules and intended spirit.
I disagree rather strongly with the conclusion (it even seems generous to use this term) of this article and especially the tone (snob seems accurate). To me, it’s insufferable to read and I only got through it because I had hope for a redemption arc.
That said, the response to your comment was about the content of the argument against their position being simply that they are a snob, not that snob is an inappropriate term. Instead, describe the behavior which makes the author seem to be a snob so people can get a clearer picture.
From my point of view, this author is beating their chest the same as the author they denigrate in their post. The article is simply espousing a preference for this style without providing any arguments for its righteousness. The author laments that “speaketh” is no longer used, but why should I care? I dunno, they don’t explain. “Alice speaks” seems to work just as well as “Alice speaketh”.
I don't like snobs or seeming-snobs any more than you do, and I agree with you about the speech of "ordinary people", but your comment was still against HN's rules and intended spirit.