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I think it is reasonable, yes, but I don’t think it’s ever been reasonable to expect reasonableness on the internet. We have a difficult enough time showing each other decency.
Then why even have this discussion in the first place? You weren’t expecting any reasonable responses to it, after all.
Do you only do stuff where you expect the outcome to be good?

Perhaps they did it for the off chance of a good response.