I personally am trying to stop assuming bad faith or ulterior motives in people I disagree with online. That's what the woke do all the time. "Oh, you don't agree? Well that's cause you're a cis, het, white......blah blah blah"

You might be right. This guy may just want to stay on the safe side of "woke" line. Although, as a fellow 'un-woke' liberal I can tell you that just writing for an organization with Megan Kelly on the board is enough to kill those cocktail invites no matter what you actually say in the op-ed.

Regardless, I think it's better to argue the merits of people you disagree with and think are wrong instead of making assumptions about "why" they're saying things you disagree with.

Why they're wrong doesn't matter. All that matters is the truth.