If you're going to make that argument, you should probably be less vague. It makes a "big impact" to "some portion of people" that the Earth be thought flat, but you can't justify wasting a "long time" arguing about it.
Language designers don't need vague personal opinions masquerading as 'useful' facts, intentionally sculpted for inappropriate generalization. They need to know what the purpose of the syntax is and what the expectations of the language/user base are. Beyond that, you're just contributing noise.
And given that this criticism is largely against bikeshedding, it is interesting that you would try and justify it with statements of self-importance; bikeshedding largely happens because involving people in a decision leads them to massively over-value the importance of the decision simply because they are a part of it. You may be an expert on your own opinions, but if you're not an expert on their relevance, then you're not helping.
Language designers don't need vague personal opinions masquerading as 'useful' facts, intentionally sculpted for inappropriate generalization. They need to know what the purpose of the syntax is and what the expectations of the language/user base are. Beyond that, you're just contributing noise.
And given that this criticism is largely against bikeshedding, it is interesting that you would try and justify it with statements of self-importance; bikeshedding largely happens because involving people in a decision leads them to massively over-value the importance of the decision simply because they are a part of it. You may be an expert on your own opinions, but if you're not an expert on their relevance, then you're not helping.