I don’t consider being slightly undercollateralized a “gigantic evil scam” and the rhetoric around Tether is still definitely overblown, and if that were your primary concern (or am I not supposed to say that anymore?), you should have led with it rather than comparing it to similar defi returns.
And I wasn't comparing in terms of returns. I just pointed out that there is no real use-case for USDT that can't be served by the other tokens, including yield-farming in liquidity pools.
Honesty is not just about "I wasn't the one profiting from the bad thing". It's also "I'm willing to call evil/immoral for what it is".