I mean, I can’t account for taste, but I wouldn’t say that tweet didn’t mean anything.
Hollering, “this whole thing smacks of gender” sounds like something you might hear at 4th of July barbecue. As a drunk, aggressive family member gets told by another that he, “really shouldn’t say things like that anymore”.
I could continue the imaginary dialogue, but I hope you get the point. Perhaps, I read into it more than it deserved, but I didn’t see it as totally meaningless or indecipherable.