Yes, it is wrong. Unless you are a psychologist (or other mental health professional), you don't even know what the words mean.

I see it differently. I see those words being used by a common person as a rational explanation of apparently irrational behaviour. And i dont think doing so is either uncommon or unwarranted.

Very few people actually bothered to address the issues raised

Thats because the OP has presented a totally distorted picture of the circumstances and the people involved.

We know tye and demerphq well. They both contribute regularly. We also know intrepid well. He has a tendency to be rude and abusive to people in the CB and for carrying out long term vendettas against users he feels haven't respected him or that he feels have insulted him. For years we have seen the /ignore list on his home node grow, and seen him rant on the subject over and over. For years we have seen his collection of people he hates be documented further and further.

So we have long experience of his claims. The fact that we have rejected them should shine a bigger light on him than on the people who have done the rejection. I think communal reputation is generally well deserved. And i think the fact that the community is rejecting Intrepids claims says it all. They dont feel that he has been wronged, and maybe feel that his claims are excessive and product of a somewhat deranged mind.

But of course, this isn't a rational discussion, is it? It's more of a public free-for-all against someone who, for whatever reason, is unpopular.

Well if it is then its been started by that person himself. And it looks to me like what the OP was trying to do was to get everybody to join in on a public free-for-all against two of our more respected members, with the apparent intention of making them unpopular. That it appears to have had the contrary effect is unsurprising. But what is surprising to me is that you think the public is wrong in reacting this way.