Of course - everyone is welcome to get their own captain, plot their own course and do their own voyage of discovery. That's part of what a good and liberal society looks like.

Alas, I triggered the good helping of abuse you mentioned for not deferring to her authority and having the temerity to discuss and explore ideas in this article. For someone pushing for egalitarianism and against a dominance hierarchy, she sure as hell doesn't brook much in the way of questioning or exploration of ideas. It's her academic interpretation or nothing.

Still, I remain committed to discussion so I linked her furious rebuttal at the bottom of this piece.

C'est la vie.