IOW, "We know we have an ugly baby, and at family reunions we talk about how butt ugly that baby is. But, how how dare you call my baby fugly."

Maybe they started reading at the beginning of the thread that Sunvox started. Re-read that initial opening post by Sunvox and maybe (since pattern bargaining is a real thing) other "outside" groups felt compelled to weigh in?

Right now we have a FUGLY baby, hopefully as it loses it's baby fat, it will become the apple of our eye.

BTW, at indoc and charm school, our mgt tells us we are number 1 and thus the hookup to managements teet begins. So far, at least Delta's management walks the talk not just talks the talk like Kirby.

"Don't shoot the messenger" comes to mind. Although my first thought/reaction was a visceral "defense of our baby from an outsider" akin to yours.