Romance writers and readers are among the funniest, smartest, and nicest people on the planet.

Amen to that. I really do take personal offense when people get on their high horses about the romance genre and look down on it just to make themselves feel better.

And it's no surprise regarding the PS, no surprise at all.

Yeah, and given that the writer in question works in the SF/F genre, it's rather hypocritical to be making those sort of remarks. I mean, how many times has SF/F been the butt of jokes from other people? What sort of rude things can be said about SF/F fans? A lot, probably.

Nobody in this genre has any business picking on other genres.