Almost finished reading …. and on activist leader pointed out that if you don’t have a back-up position then you stick with being pushy for your cause. Not exactly what he said but the point is if your position is where you “stand” then entertaining lesser positions is just being phony. For instance, if you think the normal LMS has faults based on your evidence then saying you would consider what others say as “legitimate” is only a politeness and not a subject of discussion at all.
As an example, my younger daughter had problems with a math teacher in grade 11. Her grades dropped and on asking the teacher he said that “girls aren’t good at math.” Since this statement wasn’t something we felt necessary to negotiate or fix with this fool we to do her best and find another teacher the next semester. After years at the college trying to convince teachers to try online teaching to no result I’m convinced it’s a waste of time to think they can be persuaded. This goes against the grain of teaching but some people will avoid change at all costs, some will pretend to change (and be useless) and one in a million will genuinely adopt a new outlook.
Don’t wait for people to catch up. They never will any more than you will being going back to join them.