Smithy, I HAVE flown in several - rather more than I wished I had.
You say
"Ah, but everyone dies in them, the tail falls off all the time, the trimmer's crap, they all fly like sheds"
My continued existence belies the first complaint. The behaviour of the tail close to the stall DOES alarm me. The other comments I would echo.
I'm not asking everyone to hate it. I fully accept that some people like it. However, I would be very wary of accusing the vast majority of those who dislike the PA38 of having never flown it, because that is calling them all liars.
Nor should you effectively demand that people have the same tastes as you in aircraft.
Chacun a son gout, as our cousins on the continent say.