Fun fact, some suffragettes used a very similar thing to argue that women should be allowed to vote - because if the “he” in voting law doesn’t include women, then neither does the “he” in any other law, so either women can vote and are law-abiding, OR women cannot vote and are free to steal, not pay taxes, etc. Some people went so far as to break laws to make their point! (’What’s Your Pronoun?’ by Dennis Baron is my source, and a good read).
