Yes, Rust which is under consideration as the first ever non-C language in the kernel, has very little real-world respect.
JFC, I can get that sometimes Rust folks can be obnoxious and overbearing, but IME it's the "never-rust" crowd that are more obnoxious.
Meanwhile it is already shipping on Android Linux regardless of upstream, while Microsoft ships it on Windows, is making use of TockOS for firmware like on Pluton security CPU.
If Linux upstream doesn't care, it is their loss.
To be fair, he said the Rust community has little real-world respect. Linux considering the inclusion of Rust on technical merit is unrelated to the bunch of yahoos who have made a certain technology their identity.