> defend her article's reverent/respectful tone and (nowadays-common) unspoken premise that all cultures and ideologies are equally good and valid.

The "Dogma of Otherness"[0] is important for humanity, but needs to be carefully applied to resist Popper's paradox of tolerance.[1]

[0] http://www.davidbrin.com/nonfiction/dogmaofotherness.html

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance