I am among the people who did flag, I will admit that. But I can guarantee you that there was reason in why people flagged this. It’s worth to note that if you were to state that not 100% of people who flagged necessarily did so with a reason other than just to silence, I would give you that. But reasons can and do vary across each person.
Do you know why I flagged in particular? I flagged because of the large amount of threads that xavvy has made on just this topic alone within a short time-span (see the list below). I’ll also add that this thread in particular is pretty much a carbon copy of xavvy’s previous thread which was literally made last week. Not to mention that the Overwatch Team, and in particular Jeff and Geoff, have already stated that Mercy is not going to reverted or reworked (let’s face the fact that this thread is just another “bring back Mass Rez!” thread in disguise). To put simply, this thread contributes pretty much nothing new.
To add to the context, here's all of xavvy's threads on just the Rework Mercy topic alone here on these forums:
Reverting to Mass Res - And the Common Misconception
"Mercy Players Caused The Rework!" | 10 Reasons Why That's WRONG ❤ (This one isn’t necessarily one by itself, but rather it gives obvious mention to it)
Mercy Rework is Terrible // Revert Mercy | Video
Mass Res - Easier to Counter, Better than Valkyrie? | Area Denial Ultimates
Mercy 1 Year Later | Was a Rework Really Necessary?
Mass Rez Makes a Comeback in Junkenstein's Revenge!
Mass Rez Mercy | Interview, Dichotomy & The False Narrative
Valkyrie | Please Remove it (Note that this was closed because it was merged with another topic)
Mass Res Will Return | 10 Reasons Why
Swap E-Rez with Valkyrie | Make Rez an Ultimate Again (This topic was the one that got the merge with another thread that’s on this list and was made by xavvy)
It's Time For A Rework | #ReworkMercy (Note that this one is this topic.)
And yes, xavvy is very much passive-aggressive. Anyone that has criticisms to give will get any of the following stub responses from xavvy:
“I disagree”
“Agree to disagree”
“Ad hominem!”
“Mass rez will return!”
“They’ve reverted Mercy many times before”
=> Among quite a few other things
And the cat will somehow very conveniently get xavvy’s tongue when someone responds to them calling them out for said passive-aggressiveness. You need to look no further than this thread and xavvy’s previous thread on this topic for proof on this.
xavvy would honestly get a lot farther (and I do mean A LOT farther) if they actually suggested changes to Mercy’s current kit. Or to put simply, changes that involve keeping Rez as a regular ability, and Valk as the ult. I can tell you with absolute certainty that xavvy would be vastly disappointed if a response directly from the Development Team appeared in any of their threads on this topic (I can state this because it’s very easy to predict).