Call me cynical, but I always feel these arguments, views or statements are a bit 'pantomime baddie'.
You know, where the baddie is behind the goodie and the audience are saying, 'He's behind you!'
Goodie: 'Oh, no he's not.'
Audience: 'Oh, yes he is.'
...........and thus it could go on ad infinitum.
One 'scholar' says, 'Oh no it isn't'
Another, 'Oh yes it is.'
In the end, doesn't it just come down to our confirmation bias, which one of these PAID writers we believe?
That's why I never enter these debates.
Anyway. I gotta go now because my ice cream is getting cold.