The word "attack" infers that someone or some entity is attempting to do harm to something. As a noun it is defined as an "aggressive and violent action", except the thing is it hasn't interrupted Bitcoin in the slightest. Bitcoin continues to do its own thing just fine. It doesn't give a shit about how you think it should or shouldn't be used, BTW.
My stance falls somewhere between the two extremes. I don't see it as an attack, but it is a tremendously wasteful and inefficient way to do things. I certainly wouldn't encourage the use of this exploit when there are far more suitable ways to implement it.
It's about finding the right medium for a given task. Much like how a toddler's crayon doodles can definitely go on the fridge, but displaying them in a major art gallery wouldn't be appropriate.
And I see it more as a civil war.
Meanwhile, while we are wasting time arguing about what to do about Ordinals, other problems surrounding Bitcoin (which I think almost everyone here on this thread is aware about) has are not getting any solutions. So maybe, it is better to redirect our word power into fighting those things.