At this point I think that sometimes people start to see things ban worthy once they are suspected. We were fine with Sneasel. It was a big threat, but we were well adapted to it, just like we are with other pokemon. The influence of "bigger" players/Smogon authorities and a bunch of standard arguments like "overcentralization" change a lot of minds. This reminds me of that time when some Ubers mods wanted to ban Shadow Tag in Ubers. Of course, that case was more extreme and ridiculous, but some players were actually convinced. This is what I mean when I say that, as a less active forum user, I can't convince you and your "circlejerk". I feel like the players' opinions are influenced by more than the actual metagame aspects. Or maybe the community is actually lazy and want less effort in their battles.
What am I trying to say? Nothing in particular. This could be applied to every tier. Please don't take this as a shitpost, we're here to discuss :^)