No, you didn't literally say those phrases, but those were the concepts you were communicating (if you really want to be pedantic, I didn't actually quote you on those; I was listing the concepts). This retreat into "nuh-uh, those weren't my literal words" is a particularly adolescent form of arguing, when you know damn well what you were actually saying.

I'm an old fart too, and I found your comment to be whiny and full of passive-aggression. It was the hypocrisy of that juxtaposed against your calling other people immature that led me to comment.

now I've learned my lesson about saying anything that doesn't mesh with the hive mind

And now for my own turn at immature comments: grow a pair. Comment as you want to. If you get downvoted from time to time, so what? Just don't get all sniffy and whine about 'hive mind' just because your opinion is unpopular. I've complained about the downmod system here for years - check my profile - and there's no need to resort to tired tropes like 'hive mind'. Besides, if you really don't give a shit, then why hand out the derision?