Someone simply said "I like playing this way(lol), what gear would you guys suggest?" and instead of jumping on their high-horses, preaching and shouting about how X job should be played, they *gasp* answered the question and offered suggestions. Imagine that for a second.
You're missing the part where most 'melee RDMs' don't just ask for advice, they make long-winded and erroneous claims about how the job does function, in it's current state, and they rightfully get corrected. It's not the 'other side's' fault that RDM doesn't come anywhere close to 80% of a melee job, especially while casting any kind of spells, no matter how light the load. It's not the 'other side's' fault that RDM is an incredibly powerful mage job, regardless of what certain people want for the job. And it sure as hell isn't their fault that Temper 'sucks'. It doesn't suck. It's just going to take a whole lot more than a DA spell to turn a job that has nothing going for it as a melee (save an Empyrean) into a real melee job. Sixty levels worth of stuff. You know, like what actual melee jobs got.