You are overblowing things, 99% of the photographers out there and 99% of the professionals out of those don't have this sentiment, since its primitive emotional one and detrimental to any actual work. Maybe few loud people desperate for attention make different impression on you about the state of affairs, but these days for any topic internet discussions can easily twist perception of reality and give very wrong impression.
You simply have to be practical, use the best took for the job you need. If you ever actually listened to photo artists talking among their peers about their art (ie Saudek), they practically never talk about technical details of cameras or lenses, its just a tool. If they go for analog photography its because they want to achieve something thats easier for them like that maybe due to previous decades of experience, not some elitist Luddites mindset. Lightning of the scene, composition, following the rules and then breaking them cleverly, capturing/creating the mood etc are what interests them.
You simply have to be practical, use the best took for the job you need. If you ever actually listened to photo artists talking among their peers about their art (ie Saudek), they practically never talk about technical details of cameras or lenses, its just a tool. If they go for analog photography its because they want to achieve something thats easier for them like that maybe due to previous decades of experience, not some elitist Luddites mindset. Lightning of the scene, composition, following the rules and then breaking them cleverly, capturing/creating the mood etc are what interests them.