bla bla bla I'm going to talk down to everyone who disagrees with me
Well considering that 5% helps make Honchkrow a suspect and Absol not a suspect, I would say that it is a lot more important than you are making it out to be. The Ground immunity is also well worth the Stealth Rock weakness, giving Honchkrow an extra couple of moves to switch in on that Absol would kill to have at its disposal. Also, you conveniently ignore Honchkrow's neutrality to Fighting, which is invaluable because it prevents it from being revenge killed by slow mixed LO Blaziken, random things like Mach Punch and Vacuum Waves. You also ignored Honchkrow's neutrality to Bug, which means that if you switch into a Mesprit while it U-turns you aren't instantly screwed. Honchkrow also has a Grass-resistance which is extremely handy, although I know that this is just empirical evidence, I have been saved tons of times by coming into a Ludicolo Energy Ball with Honchkrow and then Sucker Punching it to death, something that I could never do with Absol =\
I guess the main point of that first paragraph is that pokemon isn't just a game of numbers and you should really stop treating it like it is. Sure, Honch takes slightly less damage from certain neutral attacks, but its better typing helps it take MORE attacks than Absol can take overall. Situations that Absol would be forced to switch out of aren't problems for Honchkrow at all. Namely, Absol is forced to switch out of Blaziken because of its Vacuum Wave, but Honchkrow can take it and OHKO back without switching. Let's look at some damage calculations that are actually relevant to this topic to show you why people aren't taking you as seriously as you want them to:
LO Blaziken's Vacuum Wave vs Absol: 350 Atk vs 156 Def & 272 HP (40 Base Power): 254 - 300 (93.38% - 110.29%)
always OHKOs with SR
LO +SpAtk Blaziken's Vacuum Wave vs Honchkrow: 350 Atk vs 140 Def & 341 HP (40 Base Power): 141 - 166 (41.35% - 48.68%)
never OHKOs
LO Modest Ludicolo Energy Ball vs Absol: 306 Atk vs 156 Def & 271 HP (80 Base Power): 219 - 258 (80.81% - 95.20%)
Absol loses after SR + LO, and if it switches in it faces a ~50% chance of being OHKOd
LO Modest Ludicolo Energy Ball vs Honchkrow: 306 Atk vs 140 Def & 341 HP (80 Base Power): 122 - 144 (35.78% - 42.23%)
Honchkrow switches in and lives with room to spare
0 Atk Mesprit U-turn vs Absol: 246 Atk vs 156 Def & 271 HP (70 Base Power): 158 - 188 (58.30% - 69.37%)
hope you didn't try to Swords Dance or come into a Psychic
0 Atk Mesprit U-turn vs Honchkrow: 246 Atk vs 140 Def & 341 HP (70 Base Power): 89 - 105 (26.10% - 30.79%)
Honch takes less even if you factor SR in for Honch and not Absol
I hope I got my point across here. When people talk about how Honchkrow is so much better than Absol defensively, they aren't talking about taking random neutral attacks, its about taking a much broader variety of attacks. Honchkrow is "better defensively" because its typing and resistances allow it to take a larger amount of common attacks compared to Absol.
Instead of looking at a small subset of numbers, you should be thinking based on what is actually going to happen in a battle. Why would I possibly care about how much Rotom's Thunderbolt does to Honchkrow or Absol, when I am just going to Sucker Punch it to death with both of them? Why should I care about Miltank's Body Slam, when I would only use Honchkrow and Absol to deal with it in an absolute emergency? You just looked at a small amount of damage calculations and decided that in your opinion, the 5% less damage that Honch takes from neutral attacks compared to Absol is worth completely ignoring the huge amount of in-battle situations where Honchkrow's defenses and typing DO give it a huge advantage. Instead of being so focused on "rejecting <peoples> opinions", maybe you should pay more attention and look at ALL of the data instead of a select few pieces that suit your opinion.
In addition to being better defensively because of its far superior typing and ability to use Insomnia and create even more of a distance between it and Absol, Honchkrow has better attacking options with a STAB Drill Peck (again, so Honchkrow can actually scare off fighting-types unlike Absol), and even the ability to use Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse, Heat Wave and Roost as well as Superpower on a Special set to beat Chansey.
Also, what does that Nidorina and Espeon thing have to do with
anything?
Oh yes, Honchkrow's 71 base Speed gives it a marked advantage over Absol's 75 base Speed.
Oops, my bad. I thought Honch had 81 base Speed. Either way, there isn't anything that Absol outspeeds that Honchkrow doesn't, so its not like Absol even has an actual advantage there either. Once again, you should probably stop being douche about everything when you are completely missing the point. It doesn't impress anybody. You can get your ideas across without insulting people and being condescending, it really hurts my feelings!!