someone asks whether you were dragged there because you don't appear to conform to normal qualities for members of that group do you...

That wasn't what he was reported to have asked, that's one inference one might make. When asking the hypothetical, you should stick to the situation as given, and leave the inferences to the poll taker.

People expressing surprise at the result of the poll should not mistake it as implying how people would feel in a situation parallel to what was actually reported to have occurred.