Alan sure has you guys riled up. His arguments can be used for one guy doing 20mph on a trail, or a pack of a dozen lycra racers doing 30mph on a MUP (been there, done that, don't ride with that type of group more than once). I've ridden with the 25-30mph paceline crowd, and I've never seen or heard an e-bike doing things as stupid some of them do.

People hate road bikers who do stupid things in traffic
People hate mountain bikers who do stupid things on/off trails
People hate e-bikers, cause its something new to hate... ;-)

It is all a matter of respect.