You did not mean it, I believe it, but you were overgeneralizing things and that brought a whiff of the mentioned arrogance. A shame really, since I think you are way better a person than the blatant foot-in-mouth assumption you did before may lead others to believe.
Regarding the faction disparity... it was here since Launch and it has only gotten worse, but I know a ****load of awesome Pub PVPers that are "loyal" - it's just that it's hard to do anything when the player ratio is so skewered.
Do understand that OWPVP is a completely different beast from WZ's. WZ's benefit more from organizational skills than outright numbers - and there the Republic seems to be lacking (at least in The Progenitor).