Gun nerds deserve being laughed at for getting upset over it and so do tech nerds.

People are allowed to ridicule me for nerding out my passion pompously, or any sort of perceived sincerity, for that matter.

I've always held that sincerity alone shouldn't implicitly justify immunity from ridicule, but the ridicule tends to work better if it's sincere in its own right.

What's better is using it as a handy way to temper my own zealotry.

Complaining about people complaining does get old fast, however.