It reads like sarcasm. ..
I understand it reads like sarcasm. I don't agree with the premise of the sarcasm.
For example if I were to call Obama a jacka$$ and if somebody responded that I shouldn't insult jacka$$es, I would say good sarcasm. The jacka$$ is not as reprehensible as Obama.
However that would not the be case when comparing the two almost equally reprehensible tyrants, Obama and Putin.