I can't think of any other programming language discussed on HN besides Rust where hordes of people will doggedly praise it and nitpick any criticism of it to death. Maybe Haskell, although even that doesn't compare.
Every mention of Rust on HN feels like a public relations exercise where one is force fed an opinion until they learn to like it.
The Go community's actually quite relaxed, all things considered, which makes them look more self-confident and less desperate.
I have actually never seen anything like what you mentioned when it comes to Rust. I think I have actually lost ~50-70 karma here on HN for constructively calling out some flaws and things I don't like about Go. Hasn't happened with any other languages though.
I think the cult mentality with Go is a special kind.
Btw. I'm Go developer myself and I do like the language, but I just don't get the "jihadist" attitude that seems to be far too common here on HN.
Every mention of Rust on HN feels like a public relations exercise where one is force fed an opinion until they learn to like it.
The Go community's actually quite relaxed, all things considered, which makes them look more self-confident and less desperate.