Your “tone policing” comment isn’t relevant here. The OP wasn’t saying the argument is wrong because of the tone. He was just criticizing the tone of the argume

Your “tone policing” comment isn’t relevant here. The OP wasn’t saying the argument is wrong because of the tone. He was just criticizing the tone of the argument in of itself. And in general if you’re trying to persuade people being strident and confrontational is not the best approach. That approach seems better if you’re trying to rile up people who already agree with you or if you are trying to antagonize people into arguing against you. If someone wants to actually persuade it’s better to present the argument in a calm rational way. Also your Wikipedia article is bizzare. Presenting arguments in a calm rational way is “colonialist”? It makes a bizarre assumption that polite discourse is inherently European which it isn’t. Discussion and speaking arguments in a detached, educated, and rational tone has been going in in Africa, South Asia, and East Asia and other places for thousands of years!