I do think your accusing me of "tribal affiliation signaling" was unnecessary and uncharitable:

I swear that it was not my intent to make any statement about your motivation, and I have evidence of my intent. In another comment in this discussion I wrote:

I offer the hypothesis that the function of the repetition of these quotes down the years has been to signal tribal affiliation.

Notice that I wrote "down the years" and "has been". I put in those words intentionally, to direct attention toward the repetition of the quote down the years and not toward the occurrence here in this forum.

Imagine if I had instead written:

I offer the hypothesis that the function of the repetition of these quotes was to signal tribal affiliation.

I might have written that because that still allows the intended historical interpretation, but it is more ambiguous because it also allows an interpretation that attacks you for posting the quote here now. I took pains to add words to avoid that interpretation.

Admittedly, I was not as careful over in this part of the discussion.

The memes you carry are not all your fault. I know that.