I really don't like CoF myself, but I do respect those that do listen to them.
I don't like "anti-group" kind of things, not since one of the members of Hammerfall was attacked by a metal fan that did not like their music. Smashed his face with a broken beer glass, that's just fucking stupid.
But hey, I guess it's easy enough that when CoF play at Wacken, one might take those 40 minutes to drink beer and rest the old ears for a while
(Actually can't say that I like Hammerfall all that much either, but nevertheless they are metal as well, and all that is metal is somehow great. We sortof give a message that metal will never die)