It is. There are condescending people in many hobbies and weightlifting in particular. But that wasn’t what I was trying to do. I didn’t use that phrase.
I like weightlifting. There are still many times in my life where I gave it up for several months or don’t feel motivated to do it on a given day.
There are lots of people who tried it for a while and stopped doing it. There are lots of reasons why. Most of us had plenty of negative experiences at the gym. I wanted to hear about people’s experiences.
Nor is lifting weights morally superior to any form of resistance training including bands or body weight exercises. Or other exercise you might enjoy (or not).