"If you were given 12 cupcakes but 4 are poisoned, would you still eat them?"

She was using a metaphor
To better explain a viewpoint

Not all of the cupcakes would be poisoned
But she knew that 4 out of 12 is enough of them
Enough of them

To make someone hesitate

No, she'd treat them all as dangerous
Any rational person would, after all,
Four times three equals 12

And who'd want to chance that?

She knew not all of them would hurt her
But, however, she'd be damned if she took a chance
No, she had to fixate

On how to best survive a scenario

Not all of them will hurt her
But there's enough of them
Who will pounce on her

Like a cat would do a mouse
And she has no way of knowing which.