I kinda see where he's coming from. There's a lot of negative charge around the phrase "without their consent," to the point where it primes and automatic "no"

I kinda see where he's coming from. There's a lot of negative charge around the phrase "without their consent," to the point where it primes and automatic "no" response that might cloud a discussion of the actual issues. There a lot of stuff that people should rightly be able to do without an affected person's consent (such as leaving a negative review of their work), but having framing that centers on "consent" obscures that.