| ...when on first reading the writer's intent is so obscured that any reader not plugged in to the writer's head would draw a contrary meaning? Does it fall to the reader to always check with the writer before drawing a conclusion on what is read?
If that's your expectation, and it does sound like it, it is indeed ludicrous. The responses were rational; they were drawn from conclusions that most anyone -- other than you, but you're the writer -- would deem reasonable.
And I shouldn't need to remind you that this is an online forum, not any sort of formal teaching space. You posted a link to an article, respondents pointed out their analyses, and you were off to the races.
abaron, btw, responded to the issue about how you come across. As he said, it doesn't matter if you're actually calm as an oasis -- if your word choice portrays you as angry, that's how people will see you. That's hardly unreasonable.
I can't make you accept responsibility for something you don't wish to, but at this point I'll let you know as a moderator that you really need to pay attention to not only the content but the tone of your posts from hereon. | 
