I don't think that you are reading Chris' statements for the words that I think are very clearly there. You are placing an interpretation that is filtered through your own biases, not what was actually said.

For the sake of argument, even if Chris had stated what you believe, I think that using the word "scared" has the effect of squashing opinions that are different than yours or otherwise chilling the discussion that naturally results when someone starts a thread here. Although it doesn't always happen, posters ought to be willing to at least tolerate opinions that they might not agree with. It's okay to ignore them, or post that you disagree, or otherwise express your voice. But if you are suggesting that people who might see things differently than the poster ought to be silent, I think that's wrong. If you start a thread hoping to just get a bunch of people to agree with you, perhaps you ought to include a note within it that you don't want to hear alternative perspectives. Otherwise, I assume we are all here to learn and that suggests that we be willing to at least listen to what other people have to say.