I disagree with the idea that this is being "pushed down people's throats". It's another protocol and nothing has been published stating that HTTP/1.1 support

I disagree with the idea that this is being "pushed down people's throats". It's another protocol and nothing has been published stating that HTTP/1.1 support is going anywhere. A protocol format violation notice could tell you what was wrong it just hasn't been developed to the full extent to do so. Give browsers and tools time to develop and be built to properly debug the connection.