Enum.HasFlag, why no Enum.SetFlag?

Question

I have to build an extension method for each flag type I declare, like so:

public static EventMessageScope SetFlag(this EventMessageScope flags, 
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Answer 1

The reason I'm finding is that since enum is a value type, you cannot pass it in and set its type. To all of you that think its stupid, I say this to you: Not all developers understand bit flags and how to turn them on or off (which is much less intuitive).

Not a stupid idea, just not possible.