While we recognize that this view isn’t held universally by all users and developers, it is our sincere belief that it is in the best interest of Bitcoin and its users, and we hope our users agree.
This is of course what it means to any reasonable reader, but some people will read this "like the devil reads the bible", and look for reasons for outrage.
Yes, but Hostile Attribution Bias is a tool in Bitcoin. It's reinforced with our beloved don't trust, verify. This is literally what anyone that values verification over trust has asked for and - I think - for good reasons.
It kinda sucks to be subjected to it because people often forget to respect the subject of their verification, and then can easily turn into ad-hominem slinging outrage; it has happened to me personally many times and cannot (and in my opinion should not) be prevented. I think that the trick is to minimize it on pointless things, which is why "our users" should have been changed, because it distracts from the discussion to be had.
I agree with @k00b that next time we should help out more intensively. Propose the fix ourselves and/or tag involved people that we know are here. The discussion may have gone unnoticed.
Let's see if there's outrage or that we're too skeptical ourselves
Hostile Attribution Biasis a tool in Bitcoin. It's reinforced with our beloveddon't trust, verify. This is literally what anyone that values verification over trust has asked for and - I think - for good reasons.