This is the worst possible argument against a language feature. Hideous code is exactly the kind of code that is most difficult to read, and so exactly the kind of code where you want the most help from your language.
Welcome to the first lession on to how to sell your favorite framework and/or coding language;
Step 1 : Take a convoluted example code in another language/framework that you want to shit on, this example should break as many good coding practices as possible.
Step 2 : Show a simple example that adheres to good coding practices in your favorite language/framework.
This is the worst possible argument against a language feature. Hideous code is exactly the kind of code that is most difficult to read, and so exactly the kind of code where you want the most help from your language.