Why are there so many people who pick up poorly founded superstitions about language and then insist and sneer how right they are? Folk don't go about making hi

Why are there so many people who pick up poorly founded superstitions about language and then insist and sneer how right they are? Folk don't go about making hilariously arrogant and and ignorant claims about say, maths, but with language all bets are off. Maybe they think that because they can speak English they are an expert? There was nothing wrong with the article as regards the "passive voice" and like most people who moan about the passive voice you likely don't understand what it is: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2922 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2922 Mentioning that hilariously bad app Hemingway makes it worse. Running Hemingway through hemingway is fun - it gets mutilated.