>Can you please explain what's wrong with this idea? This may have more to do with the phrasing of your first sentence, which could be interpreted as flippant,

>Can you please explain what's wrong with this idea? This may have more to do with the phrasing of your first sentence, which could be interpreted as flippant, or presumptive, or maybe even victim blaming. [After reading other comments, I think the behavior you noted is most likely to be the result of people engaged in ideological battle. If this is true, I would just keep engaging in good faith, there's little you can do.] Separately, in the future, you might frame your follow-up inquiry as: >edit: Can anyone please explain what's wrong with this idea? I think the parent paints a false dichotomy. Or similar. That is, leaving off explicit mention of your motivation for asking as [discussion of this specific motivation] is frowned upon in the site guidelines.