I've observed the weird phenomenon that any valid criticism of Python is treated as either some kind of personal attack or because you're a mad static typing ideologue.
I suspect that the reason that it's so common to be initially suspected of being an ideologue is that there are so many out there, and they are very vocal compared to the majority that often couldn't care less. So if you don't come up with alternate solutions, maybe the tendency is to assume you're getting at the old trope they've already heard before.
As if wishing for any performance that’s an improvement on bottom-of-the-barrel is some kind of wild, unreasonable ask for which the solution is “write it in a language full of pitfalls, sharp edges and an even worse packaging and developer experience than the current one? Seriously?