Not really, I've also been active in C#, at one point more Java, and a few other communities (Ruby on Railes) along the way. I'm not really tied to it so much as choose it.

I've never had the vitriol towards JS that other devs have had in the past, I've always recognized DOM issues vs. language issues, and many of the "good parts" long before the book.

In the end it comes down to the massive ecosystem. Which has some drawbacks, but in the end allows for unparalleled productivity gains.