I agree with the OP.

I can't count how many times I've said something critical and been blasted as some kind of hater.

I can say I don't like Kinect and enjoy Halo. I can say the Wii U is underpowered and still look forward to Mario U, Zelda U and Metroid U. I can say the PS3 controller is uncomfortable and still want to play The Last Guardian.

Just because somebody has something negative to say it doesn't mean they have an agenda.

Because usually there IS an agenda. I have numerous times seen microsoft fans posting negative posts about sony and of course I see the reverse with sony fans posting negative threads about MS. People say that they dont have an agenda and that they are really just posting news neutrally but you can usually tell when someone is enjoying that a certain console isnt doing well in some regard even if those people are not out and out trolling.

When I first came to this site I was attacked by Sony fanboys because I spoke from a perspective of a person who only owned a 360. A year later I bought a PS3 and my opinion of Sony completely changed as I was pissed at them for selling a ridiculously high priced item. I realized what I had been missing and praised both consoles, however I've always been at odds with Nintendo owners. I need a 1up or a princess peach pun whenever I talk to them.

Sure there are trolls. That's a constant. But it sucks that so many, usualy fanboys, treat anyone with a critisism as a troll.

Yup. The problem is it is hard to tell when someone is trolling or not. But generally what happens is that when a xbox fan comes to sony threads and says Uncharted sucks, you kind of assume that they are trolling regardless of whether they are or not. And vice versa for xbox threads. Even if someone isnt an outright troll, they may come to play a game with a bias before even starting which may colour their perception of the game. Its kind of why this is the way it is now on the threads. A criticism of Sony IPs by xbox fans is assumed to be trolling and the same for Xbox IPs by sony fans. 

I agree with Fauzman. Oftentimes posters are unfairly identified as fanboys simply for providing a counter-argument, but that doesn't change the fact that there ARE people here with an agenda. And it poisons conversation like nothing else.

Still, this site is light years ahead of other forums in terms of intelligent debate.

Rarely. Most of the time, I just make the point I want to make and I don't care what people think about me. It's only when I'm labeled a hater that I say "Hey, Nintendo is my favorite company" or "I bought a Playstation Vita on day one!" or "I've got probably 200 Xbox 360 games!)" something. One guy was like, "This is the internet so you're lying" or something along those lines. At that point, I realized that you can't convince some people and, in the end, it doesn't effect my life if somebody believes I like a certain company or not.

Its the internet. Everything negative should logically roll off your back since your real life isn't affected.

I never had to alter what I like or how I present myself based on what others think of me. I am who I am, and haters gonna hate.

This is the internet, and I am enlightened.

Or maybe I should take time to reflect outwardly on the false-accusations that plague the community.

A few examples:

I've been a Nintendo fan all my life, but I regularly find myself having to affirm that taste in front of my online friends.

I made a comment just yesterday on how having a dedicated screen for COD on WiiU is an added value, and I'm scoffed at and told "I'm sure you've never even played COD", or even worse "I bet you don't know what makes local MP fun" (like I'm not even a gamer), just because some know me as a Nintendo fan, and assume Nintendo fans don't play other games than games on a Nintendo console.

It's weak.

Honest questions I don't mind, but when I feel like I'm constantly participating in some kind of witch hunt, it makes me feel bad.

My opinions may be inconsistent, and I could have conflicting viewpoints that don't always add up, but how does that make me need to prove myself, worse constantly?

I just think the antagonism isn't fair, and isn't right.