Is it normal to feel bad when someone insults a programming language? [closed]

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Published on 2012-04-03T04:18:43Z Indexed on 2012/04/03 5:39 UTC
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Few examples before the question:

"A language is just a tool; Better to worry only about the concept."
"C++ is just an object oriented language."
"Java is more about the libraries and less about programming."
"C# is just a Microsoft's version of Java with some extra things from C++."
"Python is a scripting language used mainly for testing purpose."
...

All these statements are made knowingly or unknowingly from my colleagues/friends and I often get to hear them.
I feel bad when someone brings down any programming language. I don't know how to respond.

Is there any one liner to enlighten those people?

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