[lxrbst]

No one is seriously saying you can't. If your problems are simple enough to be solved with plain js/jquery, feel free.

I don't get all this tooling and framework hate - no one is forcing you to choose anything, it's an open buffet, and you can choose as much as you want from wherever you want, for free.

[unclebucknasty]

I think he/she is saying the opposite: that people who don't use frameworks get the hate, and there is a lot of pressure to pick a framework.

Not an invalid point. Mention jQuery here, or anywhere, and witness the response.