The issue I think is that so many of these BTC people are religiously entrenched in their opinions. The fringe nature of Bitcoin in general tends to cause this I think.
I think a lot do this. Also no coiners do it. They follow authority and majority.
Andreas is the great white hope for BTC. If he won't step into the ring and debate the shortcoming of small blocks and censorship it's because he knows he can't win
well lets say "suspect" but not proven guilty. He has been quite since he realized his income and the people paying him to speak were all BTC folks. Got proof?