I do not need to be a master chef to know when a dish doesn't taste good, and I don't need to be a SMN main for my opinion to count. I levelled the class to 80 in Shb and didn't like it. I gave it a fair chance. The dish has been sent back to the kitchen and a better one is now on its way. Why should I main a class I do not enjoy? I am also confused that you mention name calling? It has been commonplace to compare SMN more to warlock than an actual FF summoner since ARR.

Afflcition Warlock description taken from the main WoW site:
"A master of shadow magic who specializes in drains and damage-over-time spells."

In any case I support the direction the class is going in now and I am optimistic about its future. It will probably become my go to caster for several of my alts, which I'll boost to 80 once the next wave of job skip potions come out. Poison mage will join bow mage, gun mage, rDPS healing limit breaks, 4.0 dark arts spam, bards that can only sing to themselves, and old AST’s useless cards, along with many other bad design choices in the past where it belongs. There is no reason to go into any further depth because it's plain to see for most.