This is a rhetorical bait-and-switch. The "stealing candy from a store" messaging is crafted to imply moral failure. The implication is there when you present t

This is a rhetorical bait-and-switch. The "stealing candy from a store" messaging is crafted to imply moral failure. The implication is there when you present the situation with that framing—you can't just walk it back when called out on it! Nobody frames, say, taking a bathroom break when the ads play during a football game this way.