Well you say something “[is] considered” but you never say anything about the considerers?
Not even a VAGUE reference to this panel of authority, as to its character and nature? Nobody needs scholarly references to begin to address that.
You sound evasive.
So, "them" was in reference to this "Twitterverse", which is associating NT with the Muslim terrorist. Does that make sense? If not, there is no point in discussing.