I don't understand why so many comments here seem to have skipped over the word "might" and the entire introduction. The point isn't stop using jQuery. The poin

I don't understand why so many comments here seem to have skipped over the word "might" and the entire introduction. The point isn't stop using jQuery. The point isn't even don't ever use jQuery for plugins. It's simply that if you're only using a couple features of jQuery, consider eliminating the dependency. Why is there so much backlash to that?