I'd suggest it's a case in point for why the principle of charity is so vital to useful communication. The trouble is that people's standard for whether or not

I'd suggest it's a case in point for why the principle of charity is so vital to useful communication. The trouble is that people's standard for whether or not a post is awful (belittling/sexist/etc..) tends to be whether or not they feel it can plausibly be interpreted that way. This is the wrong standard - we should judge a post awful when there's no other way to interpret it.