It wasn't veiled at all, it was a bald-faced ask, why dodge it? If the veiled accusations that some people utilize
in the name of CRT is bothersome, why wouldn't you call
THAT out from the very start?
That tactic is not a problem inherent to CRT, that tactic is a problem with how people deploy and weaponize CRT.
In the absence of anything else, yes, people are going to make assumptions.