This is fine, for the reasons you state: I can use the language and tools while ignoring the jerks.
I’d be shocked if people working on and passionate about thing didn’t shit on other thing. That’s natural and even good in moderation. It’s up to a leader to keep it under control.
Moreover, I wouldn’t say they’re completely ignoring supply chain risks, as there have been discussions about this as early as 2021 [1] and there are ongoing efforts to address this [2]
[1] https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/about-supply-chain-attacks...
People who say this just dont know what they're talking about and are repeating youtubers and X takes.
Who said anything about trust? The purpose of unsafe blocks is that you have specific, limited areas of your code that can be audited for safety. With C your entire codebase needs to be audited.
Also, other languages “trusting” people to use pointers correctly has gone pretty badly.
"fans" "fanatics" "cult"
I'm not sure what the point of this way of talking is. Rust is a tool. Many advocate for it because we've worked for a long time in ... other tools. Which had avoidable problems. I had a two decade career with C++ before Rust finally became mainstream enough to get paid to work in. Going back here and there is usually... unpleasant.
There's a difference between people you disagree with and toxic behavior. Can you give examples of toxic behavior?