Kinda reminds me of the "coal vs. renewable energy" feud. The first tier arguments are formed around {economics, externalized costs, existing infrastructure, base load vs intermittent load} and then second-tier arguments align around {culture, history, identity, momentum, geography, political party}. You are making a second-tier argument against Rust when the article is making a first-tier argument for Rust.
I would argue that you are attributing to "the Rust community" the more outrageous attitudes which are a minority of the Rust community and ignoring the majority which have much more rational and banal attitude. And likely you are attributing the inverse to the existing C/C++ attitudes towards Rust (conveniently ignoring lots of the best arguments for Rust). It's exactly what happens in those feuds you described and in modern US politics (Democrats vs. Republicans, liberals/progressives vs. conservatives, secular vs. religious, etc). By focusing on the strawman arguments, you are missing the potential benefits of using a newer generation language.