[pcthrowaway]

If you do carpentry and you've previously lost a finger using a saw without a saw-stop, and now table saws with saw-stops are an option, you might rightly hate using table saws without one, to the point you wouldn't be willing to work at a shop that forces you to use one.

[valiant55]

Whose forcing you to work at an unsafe shop?

[pcthrowaway]

The commenter above asked why people hate tools and compared it to a type of screwdriver ("It's not the tools fault, just use the proper tool")

My point is that get hurt by tools that have footguns, and they realize there are superior tools that don't have the footguns, they may come to hate the tool that they cut themselves on

[valiant55]

Sorry, I understood but I'm not sure if the analogy is falling apart. My point was that's okay to use a language and determine it's not for you. It's even fine to write a blog post or two with your learnings and takeaways to warn others. It's not okay, as the gp put it, to make hating the language your entire personality.

This problem extends to other domains as well, I'm not sure why as a society we tolerate other people forcing their beliefs on others when they are not being put in harm's way.

If you don't like a language and are going to turn down a job because if their chosen language, that's fine. If you choose not to use a product because of the underlying technology, also fine. It's not fine to demand everyone see things your way and demand they do the same.

[lucyjojo]

your landlord.