I thought the likening of the strictness of the language and compiler errors and warnings to an emotionally abusive relationship was quite offensive.

I programmed in C and C++ for years, to compiler messages don't make me feel like I should be taking them personally. Sure beats having a runtime error any day.

I wonder if those with that attitude have come from a background where they used dynamically typed languages or non-compiled languages more, or it is something even people with a wider experience find particularly onerous with Rust?