[defrost]

Nobody's clutching pearls or tone policing.

Your arguments aren't unique by a long shot; you're simply witnessing two seperate people who have been discussing technical matters since pre-WWW Usenet days observing there are hackers who have been making those arguments for 40+ years.

I can't speak for Don but for my part they got dull 35+ years back.

I'm sure you can find a rebuttal or reinforcement, whichever you need, elsewhere.