I’m not trying to portray myself as a paragon of civility, nor am I above making bad judgements. I do concede that that comment I made was poorly worded and needlessly antagonistic. I will not try to defend that.

I am not trying to debate or argue. I don’t want any winners or losers or gotchas or whatever people seek from that. My whole aim was to express that there is frustration that is not unwarranted in these topics, and whether it’s deemed to be fair or not, the initial invitation to a conversation is important in setting the ground for the conversations that follow.