To be fair, I was in denial at that point and lacked the knowledge I do now, I'm perfectly fine with Tier 5 Naruto characters and don't mind Tier 4 so long as that got it. Heck I don't mind Tier 2 Naruto, as I have two of my favorite verses at that level (DP might get to Tier 1/Low 1-C if the current revision is accepted) but it's not really about the tier for me, heck before the graphic novel and the USE system thread, I was legitimately in the middle of downgrading Danny Phantom (my favorite and most worked on verse) to 9-A because that's their feat level without UES scaling their higher feats.
In the end, if you can solidly prove they are higher, I'd agree. It's just the higher you go, the stronger the evidence you need. Danny Phantom and WITCH have multiple tier 3/2 feats and statements that would be illogical to deny as they literally show them so with statements it was a given. If you got the feats, I'm down with an upgrade. No one is keeping Naruto down, at least not by some impossible standard, just by their own evidence as most normal users and staff who contribute to Naruto threads actually like Naruto, as evident by the staff who outright choose not to get involved, proving they have no biased or interest due to how crazy they can get from the supporters themselves. Do you think people want to get called a downplayer constantly just for giving an opinion.