Obryn
Hero
I think it's fair to acknowledge that "4e/3e/1e is not an RPG" is a different kind of statement than "I don't like 4e/3e/1e." It's way different from, "I don't like this rule or assumption of 4e/3e/1e." This goes alongside the old 2008/2009 favorite "4e/Pathfinder is not D&D."But why should you be immunized from having the game rules you DM criticized?
I think we're all here to criticize the games we play and build a better 5e for it. This sort of edition war nonsense goes nowhere towards doing that. If you find 4e to be a "miniature skirmish game" and not an "RPG" figure out why you think that, make some real criticisms with substance, and let's go to town.
-O