>> I'm guessing the downvotes are for the tone of your comment and not the substance. What you say is true.

> I think you are right and the Upton Sinclair quote might have cut too close to home.

I think you might be taking the wrong lesson from GP. While they were agreeing with you on the substance, they were pointing out that your way of presenting your point was undercutting your message.

Your response comes off as roughly, "Yeah, the truth hurts," which continues that tonal problem GP was talking about.