I didn't think I was being too hard! Sometimes people need a bit of perspective. Of course, if you spend most of your waking life on Reset, you'll get exposed to all of the shittiest bits of game fandom.
I mean, I don't get the whole controversy with the term 'gamer'. Like I said, I will buy and wear Zuntata t-shirts, have been to E3/TGS/LI Retro Con/TooManyGames/Magfest, spend untold money on retro games and RPGs I'll never play... what else would you call me?