I’m not trying to convince you that these are a different category rather than a scale. They are neither. Placing things on a scale is a choice you are making

I’m not trying to convince you that these are a different category rather than a scale. They are neither. Placing things on a scale is a choice you are making in your analysis. You are free to place things on a scale as much as you like. I’m pointing out that when you place these particular things on a scale, you produce false equivalences.