I can link you the thread, but most of my posts there had been mod edited.
ETA: here ya go, what you can still see anyhow. http://boards.theforce.net/threads/pt-fans-feelings-on-st-news-so-far.50020544/page-7
ETA2: Oh, lucky me! Because one of my posts was misquoted as bring from someone else's, the text escaped a mod edit!
"The thing is, aside from some Bronies, I've never seen a segment of a fandom that is so insecure and oversensitive. They see pop culture mocking of the PT as a personal slight when really the consensus of our culture is that they're lesser films at best. I've never heard Bayformers or X-Men 3 fans get upset when their movies are trashed again and again. That's because they accept that they have an unpopular opinion and so have nothing to prove.
I think a lot of the recent animosity has to do with the ST. This shan't be a populat view, but I'm going to say it; Many PT fans feel tricked. PT/Saga fans truly bought into Lucas' nonsense about there being no story after ROTJ and the Saga being all about Anakin that was planned out all along. Well, that's been exposed as BS and so Lucas loyalists have had difficulty reconciling the "Tragedy of Darth Vader," with the new ST. Despite GL's involvement in the story, PT fans have a scapegoat in Disney, JJ, etc. to naysay and desperately find fault. Not all PT fans mind you, just certain types.
I sincerely believe they want the ST/Rebels to fail so they can turn about and yell, "Y'see? I told ya so? Miss Lucas yet?!" Just so they can feel better about themselves for being, "right," about Star Wars.
Tis quite embarrassingly pathetic, really."
ETA3:
"I've mentioned this in another thread, but it's very relevant here.
When the PT came out and OT fans expressed dismay over how their trilogy was being altered and retconned in ways they didn't care for, the gushers came out of the wood work with, "u must unlrn wat uve lrned. Lulz," and we were apparently expected to take it. Because #LucasOriginalVision or some such BS. Now that it's the ST coming out and changing their perception about what Star Wars is truly meant to be (spoilers: NOT the Tragedy of Darth Vader), all of a sudden many PT fans are all, "WAAAAAAAH! Why can't u leave us alone to view Lucas' SAGA as we want?! WAAAAAAAAH!" Welp, now you know how the OT fans have felt for years.
The only difference is the OT fans' worries are actually valid, for you can still watch your beloved PT the way you want it. I can't watch the OOT without buying inferior official copies or resorting to illegal means."