If you're in a brainstorm session for solutions (which is what this sounds like), keeping a positive flow is way better than halting to consider a neutral or even a negative.
In other words, don't ignore the atmosphere and end up killing it. Which is kind of the point of the article, I feel.
It is asking asking a legitimate question in a neutral manner. It’s not supposed to be a microaggression. Asking a legitimate question should provoke discussion, unless discussion is fundamentally broken in your current environment, which again would be good to know.