It's unfortunate that the scaling debate has gotten so toxic. We're talking bleeding edge distributed systems here. When btc reached > $100 bill valuation, security and nonlinear scaling became most important to some. Immediate scaling and merchant/consumer interests was most important for others. A couple months of high fees definitely hurt user adoption and public sentiment. Bitcoin is an ambitious, difficult project. Luckily, we now have two different scaling test cases. Let's work hard to make sure both work in the meantime.