It's pretty obvious to you because it's true to you. I guess the irony is lost on you that you've just written a rant about how all programmers aren't the same,

It's pretty obvious to you because it's true to you. I guess the irony is lost on you that you've just written a rant about how all programmers aren't the same, and in that rant paint with broad strokes about Clojure is only popular because we've all fallen under the sway of the Paul Graham hypnotoad. Not true. Some of us have fallen under the sway of the Rich Hickey hypnotoad. :) Anyway, point being that Clojure is gaining traction because it has some objective strengths that converge in a way that isn't common in the realm of programming languages.