They sure as hell were. Still are. If you couldn't see how or why you could have asked. Point was according to your attempts to philosophize your way out your pickle if you have ever broken the rules, in any way shape or form, in your black and white view you are as corrupt as Donald Trump is.
"Because your questions were not germaine to my epistemological position. "
My guess was maybe you saw that and realized if you said no you would have been lying and most would have seen that, whereas if you said yes then you are as corrupt as.... according to your philosophizing.
We aren't supposed to be into philosophical sparring here.