I think you need to get better at explaining your philosophy then, because the entire basis of your parent comment is that commodities are “not an investment vehicle”. Advice that we now seem to agree is not correct.
I am extremely precise when i explain it. If you're going to espouse a position that commodities are something that laypersons should be fine investing in, then i'm going to say we have very different points of view.
“You are not knowledgeable enough to invest in commodities” is probably good advice for most people. It is also honest and clearly demonstrates the way in which you’re being (perhaps rightly) judgemental.
“Commodities are not an investment vehicle” is incorrect, and the way you are presenting it in this argument is intentionally deceptive.
The first quote seems to be the advice you mean to give most people. The second one seems to be the advice you are actually giving, with the implication that you think it will be more effective when it’s presented deceptively?
I would highly recommend you change your approach here. Because all of these people will one day figure out you lied to them, which will taint the credibility of what should fundamentally be good advice.
