(Serious) White Mage and Scholar are equally balanced.

[Risvertasashi]

I'm comparing it to a taboo because that's how I see it being treated most of the time. That "let's not talk about it", "I don't want to see it" coupled with the fact that so many seem to get riled up about it.

If double scholar could stack galvanize you might think different. Astrologian will determine if white mage stays or goes.

Posts like this are another reason why. A number of forum SCHs seem to resent that WHM can get a party at all, which motivates a lot of those passionate multipage posts arguing how much better SCH abilities are. But... Raid groups want not only a scholar but a white mage too, much to their resentment.

Avoid that trap and there is room for reasonable discussion. But yes, a lot of us are just very tired of seeing it rehashed.