To be fair, lots of vim proponents obviously didn't spent much time in editors they're dunking on. The extent of sophistication mentioned for non-vim editors is "you can use ctrl+arrows to move around". Followed with "even if you like editor X, you can use vim emulation". And that vim emulation is usually just map of existing editor functionality to vim layer.
(I'm not saying that vi(m) doesn't have its merits, just that the argument can go both ways)
My perspective (limited use of IntelliJ) is that the editor is very geared towards Java, which I loath and despise. Maybe this is an unfair prejudiced. I also like working from the command line.
(I'm not saying that vi(m) doesn't have its merits, just that the argument can go both ways)