I hadn't understood this issue would be quite so contentious . I don't believe my assertion is really all that radical . If people are happy to spend a lot of time adjusting with eq then fine.
The issue isn't, really. I think most people have agreed with your broad view.
What's contentious is that you're continually obsessing over a knife and fork during the soup course.
It's clear you still have a warped view based on limited knowledge, and still want to add in little jabs about other people being happy to waste their time this and that.
We did arrive at a suitable compromise a few pages ago but now I'm thinking it was the right words in the right order rather than any kind of understanding.
If your base point is that it's easy for someone, who lacks knowledge, to get hung up wasting time using the wrong tools for the wrong job then yeah, we probably agree,
but that's very much your problem.
As has been said many times; The tool gets a pass here.
There are manuals, guides, tutorials, and forums, where this information can be had in a click.
We've had versions of this conversation many times before but the OP is usually less biased, so it usually goes smoother.
'Can someone tell me what you use EQ for, cos I've been doing X and getting nowhere.'
Usually the outcome is a realisation of user error and, despite your blanket assertion the the original post, addressing the arrangement and other pre-recording variables is often suggested.