I don’t think the problem with such argument are so much that they are wrong on a factual basis, but they prevent the discussion of some important ideas.
A feminist can argue that ze can measure with a implicit bias test how biased people are and that the argument that you are making is going to make the average reader more biased. Ze might be completely right, but that doesn’t mean that your argument is wrong on a factual level.
Once you move to political consideration that certain things are not allowed to be said because they support harmful memes, you are in danger of getting mind killed and be left with a world view that doesn’t allow you to make good predictions about reality.
I don’t think the problem with such argument are so much that they are wrong on a factual basis, but they prevent the discussion of some important ideas.
A feminist can argue that ze can measure with a implicit bias test how biased people are and that the argument that you are making is going to make the average reader more biased. Ze might be completely right, but that doesn’t mean that your argument is wrong on a factual level.
Once you move to political consideration that certain things are not allowed to be said because they support harmful memes, you are in danger of getting mind killed and be left with a world view that doesn’t allow you to make good predictions about reality.