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Oh to be clear, it’s all humor. At least mostly, I’m sure there are RMS level fanatics somewhere that truly believe some of the BS.
This is something as old as time. I’ve seen it prolifically on Reddit (though not in the Emacs community, they generally discourage memes), various Linux forums, old Usenet, various programming forums… I’m not trying to be evasive, but it’s hard to provide examples that aren’t specifically cherry picked, which wouldn’t benefit the conversation much.
There’s even a Wikipedia page dedicated to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_war
I carried both the paraframe and mini paraframe for years while I was in scouts about 15 years ago. The steel was disappointing, needing to be sharpened frequently and sharpening wore down the knife quickly.
I use Kershaw these days, and highly recommend them for budget blades.