Agreed, and there is also the fact that at least on one side of that dichotomy, there is a big difference.

Literally everyone I know (online and offline) - and it's quite a lot of people) who uses Monero because of privacy, also holds Bitcoin, and almost always in much greater amounts than their XMR stash.

The #monero price being stable over many years is at least in part due to the fact that people generally want to use it, not hoard it.

And that's fine, different tools for different jobs! I converged on this pattern many years ago myself: I trust BTC to raise my purchasing power over the medium-to-long term, and I trust XMR to keep my transactions from prying eyes.

There's no conflict at all! Just some very dogmatic people around who refuse to see the truth staring them in the face.