I myself am a little baffled by the dislike of Penitent Woman. Some may see her as a "fake persona" but even if she was, why the strong dislike?
Rash judgement is something we all struggle with. Being aware of it is the first step in overcoming it.
There's two sides to every fight. We shouldn't be so quick to demonize one side. We should try to see it from the other person's perspective and not be so judgmental. Everyone wants to talk about that, but nobody seems to want to do it!
Geez, even when i defended Telesphosphorous from being ganged up on, it was obvious that S2rea and Wallflower were right about him! They just were too harsh/judgmental/uncharitable/whatever. But they weren't angry at the guy for nothing! He wasn't some poor little innocent victim boy, who'd never done anything wrong in his life. Why should they have to be so perfect, while he gets a pass? That doesn't seem fair. People should be more even handed, than they have been.
Besides, look at how much more experience S2rea and Wallflower have in big areas, like being married, parents and active members of local chapels, while Telesphosphorous has lots of experience on web forums and reading. Fine, he's smart, but he doesn't have the life experience they have. If anything, his experiences incline him towards bitterness, which I think is a lot of what they were picking up on. Not to mention, poor judgment. S2rea's a father. So, I'm not surprised he was angry at that guy! I know it's technically "legal," but so are lots of other things, that catholics turn their noses up at and it wasn't like he was sorry about it! On the other hand, they didn't need to launch jihad, after jihad against him!
Nowadays, everybody's got some kind of goofy idea rolling around in that squirrel cage, they call a brain. That should be humbling, but, it seems to me, ever since "everybody" decided they weren't subject to the authority of The Pope and/or The Society anymore, humility went out the window. Oh, but they aren't turning into protestants (no, no, no lmao!)
Everybody wants to take the word of a presumably, young, attractive and dying to get married girl, over the word of lots of older, married and not so charming anymore mature women, who are a little on the cranky side.
They say, revolutions are always "brewed," by our elites, among the: young, alientated, bitter, ostracized and disadvantaged. That seems to be correct.