[zepto]

Yes. The fact that you have to qualify that the ‘neutral’ trait isn’t ‘necessarily’ bad implies that you think people might think it was bad.

You wouldn’t need to qualify it otherwise.

[jjk166]

People might think anything is bad.

[zepto]

Yes, which is why we only qualify it when we are implying it is a possibility.

Your comment doesn’t make you look stupid or casually dismissive.