I'm all for more riders. Whatever will get people on bikes is fine by me. Most average folks will want a flip-flop hub to run their bikes SS and that is just fine. I flip my hub to the freewheel when I ride in the paceline on the weekends.
I ride a fixie/SS for the simplicity. I don't see the point in building a complicated cult atmosphere around my bike. Besides most of the masses don't know about bike forums, I think we are relatively safe from them here.
I personally don't like the Langster, can't stand compact frames.