No one is complaining, nor saying it doesn’t meet their needs (you made that up), but just suggesting improvements could be made. Adventure bikes mean different things to different people, Yours/mine/hers view of an adventure may differ, but none are wrong, just nice to appreciate different wants and needs, rather than insult or dismiss others opinions. Image over function? No, me personally, I enjoy touring across large parts of Europe and my physical size and age means an adventure style bike works fine for me. As for don’t whine, again, no one is whining or complaining, adventure bikes are dual purpose bikes, the road part is as valid as the off road part.
Perhaps also consider, in the UK, access to off-road and green lane riding is very restricted and not particularly accessible. There’s is more availability in Wales, but still not on a significant scale. I have no idea how accessible off-road riding is in the States, but from what I see on here and on YouTube videos, it’s pretty much available almost anywhere.
FJR is a dramatic and desperate comparison, it’s a road bike. The Super Tenere isn’t an off road bike.
Ride it anyway you want, as long as it’s how I think it should be ridden.