Syag: I didn’t mean to be offensive, but calling something common that people do that is not objectively problematic “the wrong thing to do” (especially without any substantive reason why it is wrong) is condemnation, and the tone felt self-righteous. You bring up “staying true to your beliefs”- I can see how the whole Pesach cleaning thing may be a belief that is important to you, but I honestly think that what other people do should have nothing to do with your beliefs unless it is outright cheit. This isn’t.
I’m sorry- I’m not nearly as objective as I like to be (or, at least feel) when I comment. I’m sure everyone can relate to the feeling that it’s not pleasant to have someone say that something that you’ve been doing for many years is wrong or despicable (though I admit that that one sounded like a troll to me), especially when it absolutely is not. If that’s made me nasty (nastier than usual?) then I do apologize. I just don’t believe that something this innocuous should be blasted like this, apparently with little cause.
Here I step back, so feel free to have the last word.