>Often I find that IT put too much priority on security in relation to other factors, in part because they lack the perspective to properly prioritize things.
This sounds too similar to something they might say about you. Do you have any specific examples?
>...a guy who explains that lisp is a language for smart people, while everything else is for code monkeys. When I was on the fence between putting too much time into learning lisp and too much time learning python, this tipped me over the fence into python land.
People with poor personalities could latch onto any language. Why do they dedicate themselves to lisp? In spite of any flaws in the community or technology, there is obviously something special present - something potentially educational.