Is it just me or is defending Firefox exhausting?

I’m finding myself frequently replying to posts all over the Internet in defense of Firefox and man it’s exhausting and becoming a full time job. When did all of this happen anyway? Weren’t we all just celebrating Firefox together focused on a new and exciting Web?
As I understood what Mozilla wanted from us who chooses to promote Firefox is to focus on all of the great things about it and on an open and participatory Internet freely accessible to all and not on how badly IE sucks and how quickly we’d like to see it fall.
I had (it has subsided a bit) a genuine hatred for Internet Explorer but I’ve always wanted to be a good representative and ambassador for Mozilla so I’ve held back, but now, we have Chrome.

I love Google. I use many of their services and they send me a huge amount of visitors (40,000+ last month on one site), but the people who are choosing to use and support Chrome are really coming off as abrasive, ungrateful idiots and instead of “browser competition is good for all”, or, “use anything but IE” or, “an open Web is the top priority” they’re all trashing Firefox and badly. It was that way between Firefox and Opera for a while but that cooled down long ago but it never got as bad as the hateful crap that Chrome users are spewing.
The browser that freed them from “Mammon” and made interacting with the Internet safer, more fun, and more productive now “sucks” is “crashy”, “bloated”, “slow”, “dead” etc, etc, etc.
Un-freakin’ believable!

It blows my mind that we all have to work so damned hard to selflessly get people to use something that greatly enriches their Internet lives, helps to prevent the theft, destruction, and exploitation of their personal, financial, and computer data, excites and empowers them in numerous ways, is always chosen as the best in its class by all reputable news and media outlets and it’s totally free in more ways than one.
What other single product on the planet on or offline compares to that? NONE!

Yes, I’m obviously frustrated and a bit pissed off, but I’m in this for the long haul so I’ll get my composure, work on a calm and tactful plan of attack and defense, and move forward.
And if anyone is interested in starting a Chrome Idiots Response Unit, feel free to contact me.

The following is a comment that I made on Lifehacker’s Hive Five Winner for Best Web Browser post. After re-reading my comment, I realized how sarcastic I was and that perhaps writing a post such as this one would allow me to air things out and cool down a bit.

Thanks for your time and ear, err, eyes.

(Comment)
LMAO!
Seen side by side between the comments here on this page.

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It’s odd that there’s no ad for Firefox, but it’s the winner here, and it’s the second most popular browser on the planet.

And to add to the commentary about Firefox and why it’s so popular, you cannot discount that it isn’t just Firefox the browser that people love and support, it’s Mozilla and its mission statement.

A few other things.
The winners are usually placed at the top whether it’s a web page, medals ceremony or other, not 3rd.
The Internet Explorer logo is the old IE6 one, not IE7 or 8.

But I’m glad to see that Firefox came out on top (even though placed third) especially since its nearing its death due to Chrome.

——
Ken