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It's interesting how the link you posted talks about importance of using the right metaphors, while at the same time you object against my conclusion that people saying "logic itself has white supremacist history" can't distinguish between the topic and the people who talk about the topic.
To explain my position, I believe that anyone who says either "logic is sexist and racist" or "I am going to rape this equation" should visit a therapist.
Nobody linked here says either of those things. In particular the orginal blog posts says about logic:
The argument isn't that logic is inherently sexist and racist and therefore bad but that it's frequently used in places where there are other viable alternatives. That using it in those places can be driven by sexism or racism.
Such as?
Interviewing lot's of people to understand their view points and not to have conversations with them to show them where they are wrong but be non-judgemental. That's basically what YC teaches.
Reasoning by analogy is useful in some cases.
There's a huge class of expert decisions that's done via intuition.
Using a technique like Gendlin's Focusing would be a way to get to solutions that's not based on logic.