The use of logic as a euro-centric silencing tactic

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"You're not using logic" or "your argument isn't logical" or words to that effect seem to be quite common from people trying to defend their shitlordy comments or arguing against members of the left. I'm not sure if this has been discussed before but isn't it just a culturally biased silencing tactic?

Let me explain my point: when people say to use logic they are deliberately trying to frame the debate in terms of the rules set out by European thinkers around the time of the Enlightenment, an approach which completely ignores other cultures' approaches and experiences. It seems to be an extension of the belief in white superiority and a colonial attitude that is rarely (if ever) challenged.

It is also often seen as the opposite to emotion, thereby devaluing emotional thinking. I was wondering what others thought? I haven't really seen shitlords challenged in this way when they bring up their logic "arguments".