"There" is nonetheless a need for easy answers.

And "Many" like mobbing others, to badmouth others brings a quick return of "investment".

That's (unfortunately) human.

Investing in specialized IT-know-how is a risky business, if the mainstream moves on to other shores.

And fear to lose is a strong impulse to repeat unfunded claims.

I did it myself in the past with PHP without ever really using it, not sure if I'm immune to do it again.

( And I experienced it countless times on other fields, like racists chauvinists pointing at Germany to prove their own "tolerance". (At least we never... ) Or illiterate people trying to educate Arabic academics. Or rude tourists openly complaining about Asian culture. )

There might be no "They" conspiracy, but nonetheless a mob spreading FUD and cheering whenever someone makes a derisive joke.

IMHO its fascinating to observe that the less Pythonistas understand their own language (iterators wtf???) the more they "hate" Perl.

Tribal psychology if you want.