I don't think the person you're replying to is making a blanket statement that anyone who drinks IPA's don't drink them because they like them but because of th

I don't think the person you're replying to is making a blanket statement that anyone who drinks IPA's don't drink them because they like them but because of the image. I think they're just trying to convey that there is a decent sized subset of beer drinkers who seem to drink IPA's for a reason much different from yours.