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This is a myth transposed from a true bit of advice concerning using steel wool on wood. Wood has enough pores to capture bits of steel wool which will eventually rust. Blued metal doesn't.
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You can rub enough steel into anything but highly polished stainless to then allow surface rust to occur if there is not enough oil present to protect the carbon steel.
I have seen it on brushed finished stainless guns, stainless knife blades, and even stainless kitchen sinks.
I remember shoeing a neighbor how to remove the rust on his kitchen sink from using SOS pads many years ago.
I customer had a stainless rifle that was not oiled well and brought in covered with light surface rust.
He regularly used steel wool to "even up" any minor scratches in the brushed finish, and was unaware that the gun needed at least some oil for protection.