Why the hostility towards those of us who wear beards? I've been bearded pretty constantly over the last thirty years.
Hostility? Hardly. You're reading far too much into my comment.
I was just noting the irony of how fashion flip-flops. What was once unusual, perhaps non-conformist, is now in fashion. As to what a beard "means"?, damned if I know. That's why I said "To each his own".