Come on, man. That's just a lazy cop-out. We're talking about a movement with 134 members that document all their activities on the internet. I could dash over to Dragonsfoot and find some solid example of loathing directed toward players of new edition in 5 minutes. But I won't do that because A) I'm not going to construct your arguments for you and B) those guys are dicks and I stick to the parts of DF that are less dickerly.
What I meant was, basically, these conversations are pointless. If I make an assertion there's even so much as a general philosophy, I get demanded to provide examples. If I provide examples, I get told "Well it's not like it's a conspiracy" and "We're all special snowflakes those guys are just different", and demands for "proof" os some kind of unifying force.
The point is there is no unifying force, there never is in these situations. There's no one guy or one site telling all so-called "hardcore" gamers and journalists to trash the Wii, but they do it anyway.
It's just goal post shifting, and strawmanning, and a lack of understanding how these things work (or a deliberate misunderstanding depending on how charitable you're feeling).