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I sort of agree. The most charitable interpretation is that kubb is “nutpicking”—addressing the least articulate and worst arguments of a community. But he would do us all a favor to acknowledge explicitly the boundaries of his criticism. For example, I hold the position that generics aren’t necessary, but that they will make some code more clear and a lot of other code less clear (and this has long been my position)—does kubb’s criticism apply to positions like mine? Am I his “zealot”?

Moreover, using terms like “zealot” to refer to people with whom one disagrees is very likely to inflame the thread (as indeed it already has, to a degree), whatever kubb’s intention.