Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
other posters have made similarly vague comments, such as pointing out that 'some people' have told them that they're not comfortable posting here any longer for various reasons. Those posters weren't pushed for more details or criticised for being vague.
That's because that is a very different usage of "some people". It's a protective, anonymising, "someone feels upset by this situation and doesn't want to speak up, so I'm doing it for them". It's a call to discuss a thorny issue – hopefully in good faith and honestly – to make the forum a more enjoyable place to participate in. We don't need to know who it is to engage in the debate.

Remarks like "some people are too serious about [plot element X] and their behaviour is unacceptable" is a thinly veiled accusation and without knowing who is being talked about and what the actual problem is. Everyone interested in X feels accused.

Also, you've completely dodged the actual question.

It's one thing to "agree to disagree" but if we need to air the disagreement again and again in every thread before we can settle down and actually discuss the events at hand, there doesn't seem to be much agreement involved.