Edited to add:
What is inflaming the emotions is the sense whether correct or not that some (not all) in the XMR camp are arrogant (or insecure and defensive thus perceived as arrogance).
Please see above quote for irony.
I apologize if I didn't find better words to express my point. What I am trying to say is factual not my opinion. Thus you can't get offended by facts.
The fact I am trying to convey is that open source is the only known positive scaling law of software engineering.
Open source is appreciating everyone's contribution no matter how small, and not criticizing other open source projects.
It is thus inherently anti-political action. It is bottom-up organic action.
It is a culture of "talk is cheap, show me the code".
Edit: I already did a mea culpa upthread on my past criticisms of projects. Constructive criticism (i.e. offering some improvement or some research on characterizing the problem better) is best and I am trying to reform myself.
Edit#2: If a project is not producing code, it is not an open source project regardless if the cloned source is open. If it is just a clone to do pump and dump, this can be legitimately destructively criticized.