What list? The defense of the group would be better described as the defence of the principles of the forum and its purpose. You should expect that. Otherwise it's just another political discussion where we all take sides. We are better than that.
Again that isn't the point and I don't like or dislike it. I don't want to see it the way I choose. I want to see it the way it is. That's the whole point, and if people here are trying to point something out to me I will at least consider that they might be correct.
If I openly address my biases here people expect it to be with the intention of reducing them, not embracing them or defending them. That was the whole point of TC's response to FM 258. There's thousands of places on the internet where I can go to justify my views based on my programming and have everyone support me because they like my views. You don't get away with that here.