Just a guess but it could have something to do with the perceived language. PHP is something that is perceived to be easy to pick up and easy to work with. If y

Just a guess but it could have something to do with the perceived language. PHP is something that is perceived to be easy to pick up and easy to work with. If you can't do something with it that becomes a language issue because you are smart enough to use such a "simple language". Haskell, on the other hand, is seen as this language for "smart people". If one can't figure out how to do something in Haskell it is easier to say that they just aren't smart enough for the language.