Is it really so bad to be ok with kids getting dirty?

I was on a mom group on FB earlier and one of the topics that popped up was whether it’s ok for a daycare to allow kids to get dirty while playing on the playground. Specifically was it ok for the kids to be allowed to play around in dry dirt, like sit in it or put their hands in it.

I responded that I wouldn’t care and would just send my kid in play shoes and play clothes. Let kids be kids in my opinion.

Not 10 minutes later another mom has replied to me that I am what’s wrong with the world and letting kids do whatever and play in a mud pit was wrong.

Ok first I’m a little mind blown. We’re not talking about mud pits or kids running rampant. We’re talking about kids on a playground in dry dirt. I told her I didn’t think it was bad if kids get dirty throughout out the day and that I hoped looking down her nose at me improved her self esteem for the day.

Now I know that was catty of me. But her next reply was that she thought it would be hilarious when CPS showed up to take my kids away because of how bad of a mom I was.

I didn’t have anything else to say. You can’t reason with someone like that. But I haven’t been able to shake it all day. I’m actually a little bummed out about it. I do regret being catty to her, but do people really call CPS on moms for being ok with their kid playing in some dirt during recess? I give him baths daily, sometimes more if he gets really gross. I keep a clean house. I just don’t feel like designer clothes are important to me and I’d rather get cheap stuff he can go play in without worrying that I’ll get mad he got in a little dirt at some point. Is this actually something I’m going to get shit for? Or am I reading way too much into an interaction with a stranger?