Nobody ever told them that a stall would be possible. To the contrary, they have been explained a thousand times: An Airbus cannot be stalled (remember Habsheim!). Giving the readings was impossible to understand under these circumstances. They felt themselves in a not stallable aircraft
I grant you that there are a lot of aviation related folks and the general public that have heard this and believed it. But if the pilot doesn't know the fundamentals of his aircraft than he should not be in a seat flying it.