This is a classical example of attacking the very weakest form of one's arguments. Not even addressing the content in the article, but fabricating a strawman instead. I mean, good on ya for speaking up, your parent just spoke in vague terms about the possible existence of a strawman.

And let's look at that pg article. Is discussing the ergonomics of naming things in math taboo? Is it taboo for everybody, or just people of certain demographics?