I agree with what you're saying. Unless someone directly applies something to a group you are in that doesn't apply to YOU. If you drop in the PRS forum, and laugh at forum members resisting the "PRS guitars are for rich casual players" then you should expect some blowback. I'm sure there are casual players here. There are also pros. There are rich guys here, and guys who it takes a real sacrifice to afford a PRS. I'm not rich. And for many years, if you inferred that I was a bedroom player and not a serious guitar player, I would have gladly offered to cut heads with you to see what's up. But there are pro players who hang here, so no need to. "The casual rich guys" thing is tired, IMO. And this coming from one of those guys who used to believe that any "guitar collector" who didn't actually play them was wasting a thing of beauty. Now I understand that those who are collectors are a big part of how the company survived and became what it is now. The cash flow provided was critical at times, and I was never going to buy 25 $10K+ instruments anyway. LOL
For the record, not rich. Not casual. Not a blues lawyer or dentist. I do have a music room that was formerly a bedroom though. But I also played in front of 1000 people twice in the last two weeks. I just don't like the stereotype and usually only hear it from keyboard jockeys at TGP, many of whom can't put up any proof that they can even play adequately, and thus have no reason to insult others who have nice instruments, except for jealousy. And that's why I personally respond negatively to it here.