The habit of disdaining something that recently gained a considerable amount of popularity.
I agree with the article and the author seems like a reasonable and experienced programmer, but the Common Lisp comparisons just felt like hipsterism to me.
I do write for the same magazine as the moustachioed founder of hipsterdom, and my favorite Lisp is very obscure (Lush), but I fail to see any hipstery things in what I wrote. I'm a redneck and I lift weights. I don't use Lush for the reasons that skinny hipsters brag about being cool before it was cool; I use it because it's good at numerics.
He/she probably means that people are more likely to listen to Uncle Bob, since he's a well known consultant than to Scott Locklin, which is a shame because he really gives some good points.
