they have half a point in that its typically only applied to people when a gender is unknown or you are referring to a group. that falls apart pretty quick though because unknown gender is barely any different from someone choosing not to identify with one. also, half a point is no good in the first place.

the best distro is the distro you like most out of the ones that work for whatever it is you do on your pc

looks like the rough draft of a fedora default wallpaper (in a good way)