The character of Lisp communities is all over the map, since each particular implementation has its own. It's not as if someone that picks up Racket is going t

The character of Lisp communities is all over the map, since each particular implementation has its own. It's not as if someone that picks up Racket is going to waltz into #clojure looking for help, advice, or reinforcement. So, of course there are some Lisp communities that regularly have a quorum of asshats, and we all know which ones those are (in general terms, perhaps). On the other hand, the generally-positive reputations of others are also fairly well-known (e.g. I've rarely had negative experiences with schemers of various stripes, and it's hard to dispute how fabulous the Clojure community is [to wit: http://wp.me/p10OJi-6a http://wp.me/p10OJi-6a ]).