> First, because it promotes an "us vs them" mindset

I was always intrigued by the maturity about how the Rust team approached this sort of thing. IIRC years ago you and I had a back and forth on me thinking it would be helpful to have a "Why Rust is better than C++" type page.

Seeing an alternative approach from Andrew Kelley in recent weeks has really hammered home the value of the approach the Rust team took in terms of community building.