It's unfortunate that anything pithy, punchy, and loaded with truth can get casually labeled as sloganeering, a/k/a talking points, and then easily dismissed—even if that was not your intention in this case.
After all, if something spoken is smart, substantive and insightful, so much that people are "talking" about it, that's kind of the "point" of saying it to begin with.
It's unfortunate that anything pithy, punchy, and loaded with truth can get casually labeled as sloganeering, a/k/a talking points, and then easily dismissed—even if that was not your intention in this case.
After all, if something spoken is smart, substantive and insightful, so much that people are "talking" about it, that's kind of the "point" of saying it to begin with.