Meta games like those you're referring to are not avoidable though, it's practically a social construct built on top of the game itself. Happens in just about any highly competitive field because of free "market" ideas.
Sure but the fact that it exists and is inevitable has nothing to do with the yelling at each other about it — especially at lower levels of play where it’s generally safe to say that anyone who thinks they’ve identified the meta has done so poorly, and likely understands none of the real trade offs (if they understood it well, they’d likely be at higher levels).
And more importantly, at lower levels of play the meta is generally far less important than fundamental mechanics in terms of actually winning consistently.
And more importantly, at lower levels of play the meta is generally far less important than fundamental mechanics in terms of actually winning consistently.