I think that you're far more eloquent that you give yourself credit for. That very passion and emotion, that you so disdain, puts life into your posts. They invoke passion and emotion in everyone else too, which frankly is the job of a writer.
Save the dry academia for the dry academics; and incidentally, you really should be writing here at Wizzley too. There is certainly room for you.
Neither of us are alone in these protests. Everywhere I look, there are players raging. We all approach it in our different ways, but yes, your analogy of watching an accident is spot on.
And thank you very much for what you said on the RSOF about my writing. That left me with tears in my eyes. <3