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That seems somewhat red-herring / strawman, like you're responding to some dyslexically re-scrambled arrangement of the words in the original post.
See how it does not preclude?
is talking about something else.
[ This is more a "those who" than a "they are". Following the logic?]
... Almost as if that could be a gaslighting darvo reflex to avoid self-reflection [~ perhaps about how triggered you get to questions about you? a wild conjecture to entertain, given it fits the data immediately available.].
... Have you considered this? (I ask, thinking it in reach for you, given your edit.)