MDG: I told this story in another thread, but I once met someone who was so proud of the fact that he was so Makpid on Gebrochts that he would eat his Matzah with a plastic baggie surrounding it. And no, he wasn’t Yotzei Mitzvas Matzah.
People shouldn’t have any inherent problem with Gebrochts or not. It’s not my fault if someone else wants to not eat normal, Muttar food on Pesach. I think people are so against it because many people have a perception that those who don’t eat Gebrochts are “better” or “frummer” than those who do. I know of a respected Rabbi who was once abandoned by a prospective Ba’al T’shuvah because this guy thought the Rabbi was “liberal” and “modern” because he ate Gebrochts. I don’t think there’s any issue and no real reason to make a huge deal out of this. But some people decided to make this issue of eating Gebrochts or not more important than it is, and this has led to problems.