title: Asking for opinions about scathing jQuery critique
body: <p>I'm confused about jQuery. </p>
  
  <p>On one hand it is shipped with the Microsoft MVC library, which I respect as a well thought-out library that I enjoy using.</p>
  
  <p>On the other hand, I was recently pointed in the direction of <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/browse_frm/thread/3d90e8b8a8301462" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> post in comp.lang.javascript in which the author has very few kind words to say of jQuery (and, apparently several other similar libraries), and is kind/brave enough to provide <a href="http://www.cinsoft.net/mylib.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">his own library</a>.</p>
  
  <p>What's your take on the current state of jQuery, and other such JS libraries?</p>