I don't deny the connection between the big nose stereotype and the history of hostility to Jews since I say the big nose could be used as code. I just point out that the big nose image technically doesn't equal the whole conspiracy theory that Jews run the world and are evil.
Is it "irresponsible" to set aside social context in search of objective truth? Hardly. It's irresponsible to ignore that truth while being lost in a forest of social signals and poses. You're essentially saying that philosophy and science should be constrained by political or cultural correctness, which strikes me as ludicrous.
In any case, I don't objectify people. On the contrary, elsewhere I critique the scientific concept of objectivity, and on existential grounds I appreciate the sacred anomaly of every person.
You think I lean much here on the point that wokeness is for the younger generations, making the article ad hominem? I think not. The article makes numerous independent criticisms of the woke reaction to this issue of the fake nose.
You seem to be looking for reasons to justify your judgment that this article is distasteful. The article's argument is politically incorrect, and some folks respect political correctness while others don't. I think there's not much more to the reaction to this article than that, which is disappointing to me, to a person who can appreciate the logic of the arguments and objections.
I've criticized wokeness and postmodernism more fully elsewhere:
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