I've never seen any academic claim that asking a question is the same as making a statement.

I reject your hypothesis that I made any blanket claim about the banking industry being corrupt.

All I did was ask if others are tired of it being corrupt.

That question does not necessarily preclude the assumption that I think the institution is corrupt, but rather anyone who answers the question in the affirmative, i.e. "Yes. I am tired of the corrupt banking institutions."

I never stated such a claim.