I think it's great if one has their own convictions which they strongly live by, yet, at the same time, if one is interested in coexisting peacefully with others around, sensitivity and restraint is needed when expressing yourself. An analogy would be religion.
I have my 'truth', everyone else has their 'truth'. To convince anyone that my 'truth' is 'truer' than their 'truth', the last thing i want to do is just attack their 'truth' and just say it's bullshit. No matter how honest and sincere I am about it, when I run people down, all it does is show that I'm self-righteous*.
*Definition: confident of one's own righteousness, esp. when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/self-righteous
If I'm confident about what I know to be 'truth', there is no need to attack other truths, I will simply practice what I preach and leave it up to people to discern for themselves, who's 'truth' they want to adopt.
With all due respect to everyone, the bad-mouthing that goes on from different parties just appears unprofessional and leaves a bad taste. I am sorry to see the 'bad blood' that still flows. It seems to be the reason that make any sort of local community impossible.
If we can't see the greater good in putting a cease to all this bad-mouthing, then yes, let's continue to throw mud at each other, that will be a really beneficial move for the local scene. I tend to see the scene as bigger and more important than any one of us. It is the scene that will be here, when we are long gone.
Just throwing my $.02.
Keep doing what you love.