Think what you want about me; I don't really care.

The original topic was Bret Weinstein saying on a particular topic "scientists created a mess they now have a responsibility to clean up". That makes other areas where scientific consensus may have created a mess fair game when we're discussing whether or not someone would be intellectually honest about subjects that might conflict with deeply held beliefs. And notions of racial and gender equality are about as deep as they come on the left.