Why everyone hates Go

Ah, yet another "I hate Go and everyone else should too" post.

I don't know what the purpose of such a post is. Well, I have a suspicion, which that it's just an attempt at discrediting these people by dismissing their stance as being born from whatever emotions that are considered petty. No, it isn't framed as a rebuttal of whatever stance they have, so it can't really be judged on that merit. It's just a statement, not something that is masqueraded as an argument. But the tactic feels dishonest, in the same way that blurting out "I think you have a father issues" in the middle of a debate seems dishonest. No, the statement is not an argument, so it can't be said to be a ad hominem in the informal fallacy sense. But it is clearly a tactic that is used to discredit the other party.

In a similar way to the father issues-comment, the motivation for finding out whatever emotional distress these people are suffering from is not motivated properly. Instead, the article comes off as just wanting to shift the focus from whatever Go does or does not have, to what is wrong with the people that say that Go is "wrong". Again, without any seeming sign or evidence that that might be a salient point, other than that the opinion is popular in some circles. I mean, maybe there would perhaps be some obviously bad, and emotionally motivated arguments that would make someone believe that these people were under some duress (more than argumentative people in general on the Internet, anyway). But all I seem to see are technical points - like what Go does or does not have - and one elitist argument about blue collar workers, which can just be attributed to elitism and not any particular emotional state.

Lastly, you're Eureka moment seem to be more about putting two ideas together, than to intelligently apply it to some actual case. Sure, the overall profile might very well match these "haters". But there is no compelling argument for why this particular emotion and sentiment would fit these people, since any evidence or anectdote about any such specific sentiment seems absent. I can perfectly well imagine, say, a handful other psychological profiles that could be made about this crowd, which would seem equally plausible.

So, I don't see how this is anything other than an attempt to stirr shit. Too bad that it didn't seem to succeed, though (around these parts), as language wars can be quite popcorn-worthy at times.