Well, no, obviously zombies are the ones running for president.
If there is no room for zombies in your political mythology I want no part in it.
BARHAH!
I'm not sure about the outrage inherent to that article. It's fairly succinct. It lays out the current situation accurately, and except for leaning slightly on the side of government in pulling the "scary ISIL is a reason you shouldn't have privacy" line still acknowledges that as a people we might decide either way, in favor or against privacy and whatever that decision it be followed.
Not trying to defend him too hard, but I don't blame the man for wanting to make his job easier when his job is ostensibly protecting people. I'm not a fan of government breaking encryption, and other things he's said have scared me more. But that particular article really doesn't push any buttons for me.
Comey, who was turned into a household name over the last election season, got that way while looking into what can most charitably be called sloppy infosec practices, but has previously stated directly that he's a big fan of sloppy infosec practices.
Adding some sort of bullshit backdoor and more stupidly trying to outlaw non-backdoor equipped versions means you're just going to push actual encryption use overseas with all the assault trebuchet wielding criminals.