The problem arises not because you consider it "quite pertinent", but that you demand everyone do likewise, to the exclusion of all else.
I do not demand that "everybody" agree with me.
That is the very last thing I want or expect.
Plus, I do not "demonize" people who disagree with me.
It is not my job to tell people what to think. It is only my job to show people where to look, if they want answers to certain questions.
If, then, the people who actually took up my suggestion to "go look" for themselves; which people later got back to me, and said: "Well, I went and looked, and didn't see anything"; well then, I really don't know what further to say to such people. Except perhaps: You cannot see what you are unwilling to look for.
Dear tacticalogic, thank you so very much for writing — and for being such a good friend over so many years.