You aren't getting slaughtered because you suggested we should
take a fresh look at IE.
You are getting slaughtered, because you used this report as the justification for making the suggestion.
And yes I read it. It said IE9 is safer behind a whitelist, than any other major browser with all of it's usual safety features off and without any alternative whitelist.
Unsurprisingly many intelligent people are underwhelmed by this effort...
It isn't about MS, well not for me, it's that this report you keep touting is useless.