For a few years there I felt good (on a very superficial level) when I had to use java for some project because it was so uncool. As soon as an orthodoxy sets up I just have a default reaction. Its immature I'm sure. But you have to remember those teenage years and how absolute and stifling that orthodoxy of what's in and what's out could be.

At this stage though Java is getting so old that it seems no longer a threat to people so they are backing off (from the superficial, social point of view. There are still technical pros and cons to be debated)