actually it's more likely going because they were successful at trying to bait out replies like yours that can be attacked on the basis of inclusion and calling your morals into question instead of looking at the actual technical merits/costs/benefits of a change like the one that was proposed.
It's already been admitted by both proponents and opponents that the change is too much to apply to this game already. The rest of it is people trying to either make themselves look good, or vilify others.