I... think I solved it.
Non-precession people: are you thinking that we gyro precession proponents are saying that the normal force that accelerates the blade up, is not lift but rather a direct push-up of the blade? As if, instead of the pitch link that goes in front of or behind the blade root to rotate it in pitch to control AOA, there's a pushrod that goes up to the center of the blade root to simply push it up or down?