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Was steelmanning what I quoted which was not the OP.

Yes. Which is bad.

Wait... Why?

The bad part was not steelmanning the OP even a tiny bit, when you're fully familiar with the idea and expectation.

Ah got it. You've got a weird requirement for steelman arguments.

That it's rude to steelman one person while taking the worst interpretation of another person? I don't think that's weird.

This best describes my feeling.

“Just because they left a comment saying the explanation was suspicious, nobody would reasonably infer they feel entitled to an explanation.”

Uh-huh

What doesn't make sense about that?

Even if you don't owe me any explanation, if you freely give me a bad one I'm allowed to say there's something weird going on. Especially if you chose to make a fully public post about it.

Read the comment again. "perplexed" "It only communicates" "Am I reading too much into this" "curious". I don't see any implication of being owed more. It's a criticism that the post is not leaving the message that is intended.

It's not the same, but it reminds me of the quote: My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.