> I disagree on point 4 and 5 wholeheartedly and kind of just glazed over the rest. I don't even have the energy to point out how this is wrong.

Most of my friends do not identify themselves as tech workers.  I am relating to you my experience from interacting with them.  I have heard them openly ridicule -- for both good and bad reasons -- any form of the term "hacker".  Are you suggesting I did not actually have these experiences?  Calling an experience "wrong" is not an acceptable response to anything.  Just because you have not personally lived it, does not make it any less of a reality for others.  You are not adding to the discussion by saying this.