100% this. In a discussion on "cultural correctness issues prevents me from using Julia", it's very telling that the response is "more speed!"

There's been a decent number of posts based around "Julia has these problems". And I don't think that's because the world at large has a vendetta; I think it's because the world at large desperately wants to use Julia, but struggle with hard blocks that are currently preventing adoption.

FWIW I do think there's a growing acceptance in the Julia community that these concerns are real, which is good. (See the parallel discussion on the Julia Discourse.)