While this may not be what is happening here, in general I think that when an author opens with “I acknowledge the following criticisms to my argument” they make it unfairly socially unacceptable to respond with “Yeah, but the criticisms.” I think this is a bad discourse norm, and people should give that response more often.
While this may not be what is happening here, in general I think that when an author opens with “I acknowledge the following criticisms to my argument” they make it unfairly socially unacceptable to respond with “Yeah, but the criticisms.” I think this is a bad discourse norm, and people should give that response more often.