"It's Stockholm Syndrome." "It's one of the languages for those that can't." The reason so many Go advocates seem irrationally biased is because they're under

"It's Stockholm Syndrome." "It's one of the languages for those that can't." The reason so many Go advocates seem irrationally biased is because they're under near-permanent assault. Personal assault. The anti-Go crowd never lets a Go post fly by without arguing against it, but it's the "...and everyone who is using it is stupid, ignorant, a kid, or just doesn't understand programming" that leads to the kind of defensiveness that tends to crop up. Argue against the language, but please, stop assuming people who have made different choices and have different priorities or preferences are dumb.