That's the comic narrative tone, which is the writer's prerogative to invoke. The question is does the narrative tone match the cognitive effect the author is attempting to elicit in the audience. For me the answer is "yes" even though I also like hearing about why Erlang was the key to whatsapp becoming a unicorn or why PG loves Lisp.
spot on. (compare it to other posts; this is not a trend in my writing; it's a specific (almost one-time) use of language to drive home the point)
I think its important that we make space for people who get angry, too. We need diversity.
How about the diversity in people who get annoyed at people who get angry?
You are very free to get annoyed. Enjoy.
People can have whatever emotions they like. However, the way they speak about others has an impact in the world.
Considering the person in question is Robert Martin, imo the wording is more than justified.
I sort of felt like the rant was more of a meta-rant against UBM's politics than anything actually related to programming language choice. (He linked to a much more detailed personal attack on UBM, in fact).