How literally should we take this?
Have we been unofficially enlisted as Intelligence Officers or something?
I dream, I have a dream, but I am no Dreamer.
Detractors such as you self serve an incredibly important function. If we were to communicate in a vacuum, our efforts would atrophy. Restraint, either self-imposed or externally imposed, is essential for growth. Much like the Spartans of old, we must forge ourselves in the crucible of adversity in order to release the amino acids of fortitude.
Absolutely not, but one doesn't open a dialogue with it. Even if both parties are secretly in agreement, openly discussing certain topics is verboten. It's important to maintain salesman tactics.