Yeah I think maybe we are making the same point in a way? I felt the poster was discounting the article because the author had the opposite political preferenc

Yeah I think maybe we are making the same point in a way? I felt the poster was discounting the article because the author had the opposite political preference on 2 topics. They lead with - "I figured out as soon as I saw the link title that the author's examples for "luxury beliefs" would just so happen to be associated with a feminist and anti-racist outlook." To me reading the criticism of "my side" by reasonable writers from "the other side" is only additive. Also, logically that's exactly where I would expect the criticism to come from. You may even gain some perspective and re-evaluate your position or adjust your argument. This is how we grow. As you point out, one can have a complex set of preferences/beliefs/things they support that do not fit directly into blue|red binary as a whole.