"You did not post this thread to have an open exchange of ideas."
You have no way of knowing my intentions when I posted this thread. Or did you somehow get a picture of my thoughts? I highly doubt it. Why would I open a thread like this and share my concerns with this community if not for one single reason, that is in order to have an open exchange of ideas? What other reason could there be? I have a busy and healthy social life, I don't need attention from a forum like this, despite what you might think.
Now, if I really didn't want to have an open exchanged, I would have done precisely what you describe: "Anyone who qualifies their statements with "or I'll leave" should just leave. "
Your whole argumentation makes no sense and I can now clearly see why you prefer pressing the downvote button...
