[Karunamon]

Saying:

"Hey, wait a minute, wouldn't this time and energy be better spent helping all disadvantaged people instead of one small group to the exclusion of others?"

..is a criticism, not a "shooting down". Being altruistic does not grant you a blanket exception from criticism.

[pekk]

Helping one person is not doing a wrong thing. If you want someone else helped, you help them.

[Karunamon]

Who said it was a wrong thing? It's fundamentally good, but i'd argue wrongheaded.