First of all, at the bottom, I've included a short summary of the rest of what's here, for those who are just looking for "the point".
Enjoyed your post, Petnquaranlor, even if I don't agree with all of the points contained within. Maybe it was your intent to make it as you did...but it was significantly longer than a "majority" of the posts I, and occasionally others have made that people have complained about. Basically, a post like that is generally followed by screams and wails of "Nooo, my aching eyes!", pictures depicting the poster as something he or she isn't, and a general public stoning...few make it beyond that point. Those who do, seem even on occasion to be embarrassed to respond publically because they don't want to look like the person who actually read and came up with any response or contradiction that was any more than the one word pictures that generally follow...is kinda like if everyone is picking on the kid who actually does his/her homework, it's not the time for someone to step in and say, "Hey, I did my homework, too", just to suffer the same fate of everyone launching into him or her as well with fits of laughter and rants of "You just think you're so great." I'm occasionally contacted privately by some who opt not to respond on the forum for what seems to be that reason.
Just to throw it in here before I forget,
faineant. Perhaps the word "lazy" would have been better, but I don't think that a single word, or couple of words in a post that someone doesn't know or needs to look up is good cause for discrediting the entire post...definitely not saying that's what you attempted (or have done), but using your pointing out of it to note what I occasionally see happen. Rather than focusing on the meaning of the message or stats or whatever happens to be the purpose of the post, and actually bothering to come up with something intelligible that relates...I can only guess generally, that the point is intentionally overlooked or ignored (I suspect it is often because someone cannot respond to whatever point, accusation, or facts are contained without acknowledging that they themselves are in the wrong, or losing, or whatever the case may be). So instead, they whine about how long your post is, or they post a picture of a clown to follow, or otherwise attempt to have the focus taken off of what you have said, and place it back on how funny or cute they think they are. With the audience that frequently exists in the forum, it pains me to say that it works as often as not.
My point was not to draw out the "eloquent speakers" and such. I'm not one who polices the forum to degrade anyone's use of English, as I know that many of our posters here (and members of my tribe) do not use English as a first language. I speak no other language and find it quite an accomplishment that so many here are able to communicate effectively in a language that is not their own. If you see the first link, under the name "Shakespeared" in the first post, you'll see where this thread essentially began. This thread was given as a link in that thread, where a discussion was began and went on for a page or two about "walls of text", and this was an attempt at stopping the thread from going off topic and give a place to actually discuss what was being discussed there (and frequently elsewhere as well, generally when someone has taken some time to form any logical interpretation of whatever matter is at hand--and someone tries to discredit it all by posting some fail picture of a cat smashed across a glass door).
If people have the right to complain about walls of text, or other things that they see, then likewise, I have the right to "defend the walls". Someone mentioned dumbing down posts, or shortening them to a 500 word limit. I have to say here that frequently when someone sees what they like to call a "wall" is no more in my case frequently, than coming into the forums in the morning, and reading through 2 pages of discussion. Generally I want to respond to more than one person, as I actually read the entirety of what was posted. Rather than making several separate posts and cluttering the forum, I'll make one, quoting each person or comment that I'm responding to.
Here is an example, and it's actually I believe the one that started this dicussion. It's not the greatest example, it's just the one that I believe led to this thread. I don't even see it as a wall of text, personally. Just a breaking down of each point or whatever that was made by Shakespeared (in that case), and rather than trying to discredit him by simply posting a picture indicating that he's an idiot, I had enough umm, respect for he had to say to actually respond to it.
Now, rather than posting even the above, which actually isn't the entirety of what I wanted to say on the matter, I could have just said, "You think you're soooo great! Get a life." And moved on with my day. And the relevance of that would be that it's what I, and others here run across when we actually take the time to read, respond, and be involved in the forums. The shame of it is, that "You think you're soooo great! Get a life." Is cheered on by others who believe that the best participation in the forum is a constant menagerie of fail pics directed at any poster who's actually bothered to take the time to explain his or her position.
I suppose the answer is somewhere between some "dumbing down" and others bothering to improve their reading, comprehension and research skills. The truth is, a couple of sentences and a picture is not always sufficient in relaying one's point...unless the point is, "Hey, look at me! I found a picture of a stupid looking clown to respond to the wall of text with (again)."
Partial summary for those who don't wish to take the time to read the above:
If it is considered to be "politically correct" here to constantly put down and degrade others for having posted something that some level of thought went into, that it is just as "politically correct" to call out those who don't.