Yet it was BTC players and r/Bitcoin censoring and pushing off those challenging the orthodoxy, while BCH players are raising the blocksize as it was intended by Satoshi in the first place and allowing debate in r/BTC.
I actually don't support either chain over the other as I think they compliment each other nicely currently, but this just seems outright flipped on its head.
Agreed! This thing has gone an interesting direction. Both BTC and BCH have a bright future IMO.