If you are referring to the public interactions some people had with you in the last week I am not sure if the hostility was directed at speculation itself.

To me it seemed like people were annoyed that you were complaining about whales who in your view were acting sub-optimally with their placement of buy and sell walls.

Your posts did not bother me at all but I can see why some would challenge your objections (to buy and sell wall placement) since in their view speculation (particularly while trading on margin) assumes the risk of the things your were complaining about. Furthermore since each person in the community acts independently, it would not matter if most of the community agreed with you. Those who did not could still place buy and sell walls wherever they wanted as should be the case in a free market.