The reason it won’t stop is because of things like this that you are doing. People give you a direct answer and you keep nibbling around trying to make something out of nothing. By saying that nothing is an optic just as much as something would be an optic.
The lesser of two evils, what to do, what to do? Bullcrap attempt to manipulate. THAT is why we love Trump - he doesn’t participate in those games - he just says NO.
Optics are optics. Optics can often get you in trouble without doing anything wrong.