Mob Mentality On Chatboards

[Phil68]

There are some really cool guys here. Knowledgeable and fun to "collect with".
I see great looking cards and enjoy the many stories. I even like the owner of the forums and think he's intelligent and wants a better hobby experience for himself and net users. I have had many private conversations that are super positive.
With that said, there is a mob mentality that the TPG scandals have created that should be checked. It was already in my mind as I read an inordinate amount of card threads hijacked with "45/45" silliness and accusations that cards are trimmed that show no evidence)other than scan angle/shadows.
One centered around a '64 Rose recently where guys just jumped on it saying the card was trimmed, etc. I would wager your whole collection against mine the card wasn't altered in any way. Stock thread appeared evident in any areas of question...yet we had "that doesn't look right" and "45/45" and "too much room in the holder" ridiculousness. When a card is truly small, you need to actually MOVE the card to see how it plays. An image shows nothing. In addition, the holders themselves have a margin of sizing distortions that are negligible, but noteworthy when bordering a 2.5x3.5" piece of cardboard.
Today, I was happy to share my '77 Yount. It is a beautiful, vending-fresh card that is spectacular. I wanted to show it off to pad my fragile geek card collector ego--just like EVERYONE here. I'm confident to have handled more 77's than anyone on earth and I know the card's vending case origin...yet nobody even gave me the "hey, sweet card"... but one incorrigible nuisance immediately chimed "45/45 centering"...I am typically much nicer in writing than I am in person--which is quite different from the norm so I'll leave it at that.
I realize some baseball card collectors have never spoken to a woman without first giving her their credit card information but PLEASE guys...for the love of all things pack-fresh...STOP the trimming witch hunt.
Not everything you don't have is trimmed.
Now....attack!