> Is it possible that people are projecting their insecurities into a perceived slight? In my case, I don't think so. I don't have any strong opinion on the to

> Is it possible that people are projecting their insecurities into a perceived slight? In my case, I don't think so. I don't have any strong opinion on the topic of FP. I do have strong opinions about writing style in tutorials though. However, rather than characterizing it as insecurities, I think you could say people are projecting their prior experience with FP proponents and being harsher in their criticisms because of that. It's something for the writer to be aware of. Every topic will come up against preconceptions. If you write about quaternions, for example, you'll need to address the preconception of "quaternions are hard to understand". All math writing has to address that on some level actually, unless it's directed to math experts. Likewise, writing on FP has to deal with the preconception that FP proponents are condescending to other programming styles. And by "deal with" , I don't mean "directly address", although that is an option. I mean that you need to keep it in mind while writing so that your audience gets the value you intend from your work.