Abusive and insulting speech is all about tone -- the intent of the speaker. In this case, I don't see anything insulting about the phrase 'JS monkey'. It's si

Abusive and insulting speech is all about tone -- the intent of the speaker. In this case, I don't see anything insulting about the phrase 'JS monkey'. It's similar to the idiom 'code monkey', and I'd certainly use the term to refer to myself in casual conversation. E.g., 'Today I'm a Javascript monkey.' We'd be in total agreement if the term was obviously insulting, but I don't see any evidence of that. Moreover, the original comment would be less interesting without the, um, moniker.