Did you notice, though, that rebase advocates use very "emotive" terminology when talking about git history? Like it's a subject they care about? Seems awfully touchy feely.
You say that like it's a bad thing. If there are two groups of people, and one of them is indicating (via words or behavior) that they don't care about something all that much and the other is indicating that they do care about that something quite a bit, why would I ever listen to the ones that don't care? It is almost tautological that the group that actually cares is going to have the more persuasive arguments and is thus far more likely to be right than the apathetic group.
I don't know if "emotive" is the right word, because to me this whole discussion is like trying to tell someone to be less sloppy because they make a mess when eating at their desk, knowing that the custodians will clean up after them.
