Well, I agree to all of that, I just don't read the same thing as you do in those critiques. To me, they do not sound like belittling authors who post here (frankly, of all languages that are used just because they are trendy, I much prefer that it's rust than any of the many runtime typed evaluated languages that used to be popular in the past).
To me the actual target of those critical comments are not the projects at hand but rather that trend in our industry to let popularity lead our decisions, and how easily we form small chapels that fight each others instead of encouraging learning and practicing several competing techs.
Not that it will change anything, though.
It's worse: the target is always the people, not even the projects. It would be fine if there were any actual criticism, but it's just name calling all the way.
And the top level comment about "cool kids" I answered to definitely doesn't have the nuance you suggest it has, nor does the flagged comment comparing it to a religion, or the comments calling people "hipsters". And this thread here is actually better than average.
To me the actual target of those critical comments are not the projects at hand but rather that trend in our industry to let popularity lead our decisions, and how easily we form small chapels that fight each others instead of encouraging learning and practicing several competing techs. Not that it will change anything, though.