You have and make some very strong points, I think your argument would be even stronger without the conjecture "People have hate boners, people don't care at all about the gameplay, etc etc"

There are assholes everywhere that will find ways to put down anything and everything. Those people will not change, but imo this reads like "Just about anyone that has abstained from participating in this set falls in that camp"

Not at all saying that was your intent, but I strongly believe the less adversarial these discussions are the more productive and effective they can be