I think this whole semicolon story is a natural step of a language becoming more wide-spread. The more people spend time appropriating the language, the more th

I think this whole semicolon story is a natural step of a language becoming more wide-spread. The more people spend time appropriating the language, the more they'll want to push the envelope, exploit the quirks and get the best out of the language's syntax. It's a natural cycle. C programmers went through the very same phase at some point and to this day different coding styles persist. It's only when those choices cause incompatibilities that friction emerges, but we should see it as a natural step towards a more unified grasp of what Javascript means for people who program with it. That the general tone of the conversation is antagonistic is just a symptom of the fact that people care about their opinions and their choices, which by all means should be seen as a very healthy questioning on the part of the community. Just my 2 cents. TL;DR: Sure the image conveyed is bad, but the reasons why such a debate emerges are natural and are part of the evolution of a language, it'll get better.