Well I cant say I agree with someone laughing at others people "balance demands" if he is incapable of actually evaluating the "balance demands" themselves. A word comes to mind and that is prejudism...
I on the other hand believe that every one is "different" yet, equal and their opinion and views should be respected (even if they are wrong).
On the other hand I have to respect your opinion...I simply disagree with it...
It's not prejudism, it's pragmatism. Maybe I'm jaded, but if someone lacks the self-awareness to realize that maybe they lack the expertise to make judgements or suggestions about certain things, I don't have much sympathy for them. I'd never tell someone off for expressing an opinion, but at the same time I've never in my life engaged in a public balance discussion because 99% of the people who participate just spout bullshit. You trust a doctor with your health or a dentist with your teeth because there aren't enough hours in the day to investigate everything yourself, and it just makes sense to trust experts more than some random guy on the street. If I had to choose between watching a group of tournament winners discussing balance and a group of rank 1000 players discussing balance, I'd choose the tournament winners every single time, and I'm pretty sure almost everybody else would too. There's just more confidence that the outcome will be something useful, interesting, and accurate.
I disagree that every opinion is equal; if that were true we wouldn't trust professionals and experts any more than the idiot who lives down the street. I do, of course, agree that every opinion should be respected, and in an ideal world every silly suggestion would be countered by a reasoned explanation. But nobody has the time, patience, or willpower to do that for every single ridiculous idea. As long as people insist on talking about things they aren't qualified to talk about, other people are going to flame them. It might be disrespectful, but that's just the way things are sometimes.