"I really don't mean to disparage anyone, but I feel a lot of people don't like SMN for more ideological (for lack of a better word) reasons (they don't like the game being "dumbed down") and/or people who like DoT gameplay miss old SMN - and in both cases, people then take this pre-existing disgruntlement to argue against SMN and find reasons to justify it. It's like when someone has a poll result they want, so they make poll questions to generate that result rather than reflect reality. It blinds people to seeing things and allows them to justify their position by masking/putting on blinders, as it were.
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Why do those people who may have invested a fair amount of time into their summoner believe in some "ideology" whereas those that like the current summoner do not? Similarly why are those that liked the former summoner become incapable of discussing the changes and what is "reality"? Who defines "reality"?

You've made multiple arguments to justify keeping one healer the way it is, expressly because of those healers who don't want that job changed, however in this case summoners who didn't like a complete overhaul are disgruntled?

Before you classify this as an "attack" - it isn't- I am simply seeing an incongruity in your positions.